Question

"Talking Wrong" is an essay about author Patricia Smith's mother's move from Alabama to Chicago and her attempt to speak standard English when she gets there. Based on the following excerpt, how does Smith feel when she hears her mother's original, customary language?

When my mama talks, the sound is flat and broad and wild with unexpected flowers, like fields in Alabama.


a.) exhilarated
b.) ashamed
c.) complacent
d.) comforted

Answer 1

ashamed