Question
Read the excerpts from Does My Head Look Big in This? and Persepolis.
Excerpt from Does My Head Look Big in This?:
When I was in elementary school, different-colored socks were enough to get you teased. So when you're a non–pork-eating, Eid-celebrating Mossie (as in taunting nickname for Muslim, not mosquito) with an unpronounceable last name and a mother who picks you up from school wearing a hijab and Gucci shades and drives a car with an "Islam means peace" bumper sticker, a quiet existence is impossible.
Excerpt from Persepolis:
3 panels from the graphic novel Persepolis. Marjane feels ashamed to sit in her father's Cadillac because of the difference she feels between the social classes. This difference is also the reason for the revolution.
What different perspectives do the narrators’ tones reveal?
Amal stands out as different, but Marjane does not.
Amal is not ashamed of her wealth, but Marjane is.
Amal cares about appearances, but Marjane does not.
Amal is not facing a conflict, but Marjane is.
Excerpt from Does My Head Look Big in This?:
When I was in elementary school, different-colored socks were enough to get you teased. So when you're a non–pork-eating, Eid-celebrating Mossie (as in taunting nickname for Muslim, not mosquito) with an unpronounceable last name and a mother who picks you up from school wearing a hijab and Gucci shades and drives a car with an "Islam means peace" bumper sticker, a quiet existence is impossible.
Excerpt from Persepolis:
3 panels from the graphic novel Persepolis. Marjane feels ashamed to sit in her father's Cadillac because of the difference she feels between the social classes. This difference is also the reason for the revolution.
What different perspectives do the narrators’ tones reveal?
Amal stands out as different, but Marjane does not.
Amal is not ashamed of her wealth, but Marjane is.
Amal cares about appearances, but Marjane does not.
Amal is not facing a conflict, but Marjane is.
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Correct choice: "Amal is not ashamed of her wealth, but Marjane is."
Explanation: Amal's tone is wry and matter‑of‑fact about standing out—she names the markers (unpronounceable name, hijab, Gucci shades, bumper sticker) without shame and with ironic humor, showing she accepts (even deflects) her difference. Marjane's tone, by contrast, conveys embarrassment and self‑consciousness about her family's Cadillac and the class gap; she feels ashamed of the privilege that sets her apart.
Explanation: Amal's tone is wry and matter‑of‑fact about standing out—she names the markers (unpronounceable name, hijab, Gucci shades, bumper sticker) without shame and with ironic humor, showing she accepts (even deflects) her difference. Marjane's tone, by contrast, conveys embarrassment and self‑consciousness about her family's Cadillac and the class gap; she feels ashamed of the privilege that sets her apart.
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