Read the passage from “i know why the caged bird sings.”

mrs. bertha flowers was the aristocrat of black stamps. she had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her. she was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer. she was our side's answer to the richest white woman in town.

the author’s purpose in including this passage is to

a) explain to the reader the way people dressed in black stamps.
b) instruct the reader on the local customs in black stamps.
c) inform the reader of mrs. flowers’s social position in black stamps.
d) teach the reader how mrs. flowers’s fashion affected black stamps.

C) inform the reader of Mrs. Flowers’s social position in Black Stamps.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou, we can see the description of Mrs. Bertha Flowers and the way she dressed (with printed voile dresses and flowered hats). From the given options, the one that describes the author's purpose in including the passage is to inform the reader of Mrs. Flowers’s social position in Black Stamps, we can see that at the beginning when the author says that Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps, and at the end she says that she was the richest white woman in town.

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b is the answer for this question.