Which of these inferences about Mama is best supported by the final paragraphs of the excerpt?
What had they charged him with? We didn’t know either, until an article appeared in the Santa Monica paper, saying he had been arrested for delivering oil to Japanese submarines offshore.
My mother began to weep. It seems now that she wept for days. She was a small plump woman who laughed and cried easily, but I had never seen her cry like this. I couldn’t understand it. I remember clinging to her legs, wondering why everyone was crying. This was the beginning of a terrible, frantic time for all my family.
a
Mama’s tears over Papa’s arrest were different than the normal tears she’d shed.
b
Mama also did not understand why she was crying so much.
c
Mama cried because she was “a small plump woman.”
d
Mama did not have an emotional reaction to Papa’s arrest.
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