Question 8 • HS BCS Literature and Composition I 25-26
Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry.I had been patiently waiting, hoping that at any moment my grandmother would signal her approval of my grown-up outfit, upswept hairdo, and high-heeled black patent shoes. Layers of forbidden makeup and dark glasses completed what I thought was the perfect disguise. The white people would never, ever recognize me from any picture they might have seen.
Answer
A
The narrator longs to be unnoticed in public.
B
The narrator admires her grandmother’s style.
C
The narrator has learned new styles at school.
D
The narrator strives to shock her family.
Explanation
The narrator has carefully changed her appearance with makeup, dark glasses, and grown-up clothes so that people will not recognize her. She says the white people would never recognize her from a picture, showing that she wants to go unnoticed in public. Therefore, the best answer is “The narrator longs to be unnoticed in public.”
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