Question

Read the excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird.

Answer 1

"Cal," I asked, "why do you talk sleek-feathered one-talk to the—to your folks when you know it's not right?"

"Well, in the first place I'm black—"

"That doesn't mean you hafta talk that way when you know better," said Jem.

Calpurnia tilted her hat and scratched her head, then pressed her hat down carefully over her ears. "It's right hard to say," she said. "Suppose you and Scout talked colored-folks' talk at home—it'd be out of place, wouldn't it? Now what if I talked white-folks' talk at church, and with my neighbors? They'd think I was puttin' on airs to beat Moses."

"But Cal, you know better," I said.

"It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike—in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language."

Which best identifies an explicit and an inferential meaning from the passage?
(Points : 2)
a- The explicit meaning is that it is not ladylike to act superior; the inferential meaning is that Calpurnia is not ladylike.
b- The explicit meaning is that Calpurnia is wise; the inferential meaning is that Calpurnia changes her speech depending on her company.
c- The explicit meaning is that Calpurnia changes her speech depending on her company; the inferential meaning is that Calpurnia is wise.
d-The explicit meaning is that Calpurnia is not ladylike; the inferential meaning is that it is not ladylike to act superior

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

I believe C :)