Question

Read the passage from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”

Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps. She had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the Arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her. She was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer. She was our side's answer to the richest white woman in town.

Based on the passage, the reader can infer that Marguerite values

authority.
culture.
privacy.
wealth.

Answer 1

Culture.

The passage highlights Mrs. Flowers’s refinement, graceful manners, and elegant, appropriate dress — qualities of cultivated taste and sophistication that Marguerite admires.