Question

I saw Denise today in Geography class.
She was sitting on the other side of the room.
“You're trying to start a war,” she said, “giving
secrets
away to the Enemy, Why can't you keep your big
mouth shut?”
“In Response to Executive Order 9066: All Americans of Japanese Descent Must Report to Relocation Centers”, from Crossing With the Light by Dwight Okita. Copyright © 1992 by Dwight Okita. Tia Chucha Press, 1992, Chicago.
This is a multi-part item.
What assumption is made about the speaker of the poem by Denise?
Responses

Denise assumes that the speaker is the enemy.
Denise assumes that the speaker is the enemy.

Denise assumes that the speaker is innocent.
Denise assumes that the speaker is innocent.

Answer 1

Denise assumes that the speaker is the enemy — she accuses them of “giving secrets away to the Enemy” and starting a war, implying suspicion and hostility.