English

Jakobe Copeland

9 December, 09:00

Read the excerpt from Richard Wright's Black Boy.

"Mama, I'm hungry," I complained one afternoon.

"Jump up and catch a kungry," she said, trying to make me laugh and forget.

"What's a kungry?"

"It's what little boys eat when they get hungry," she said.

"What does it taste like?"

"I don't know."

"Then why do you tell me to catch one?"

"Because you said that you were hungry," she said, smiling.

Which best describes how Wright effectively conveys his personal experience?

A) The dialogue illustrates his mother's efforts to lighten his mood.

B) The dialogue suggests his mother's indifference about his trouble.

C) The dialogue shows that Wright has a clever sense of humor.

D) The dialogue proves that his mother is frustrated with the situation.