ead the following sentences from "Loyalties."

Question

When I returned my father was saying:
"Those dirty Biafrans, what did I tell you? As usual it was all talk. When it comes to talk there is nothing they cannot do."
The schoolmaster called me. "Boy, if the Biafran soldiers cover twenty miles a day how long will it take them to reach the Cameroons?"
The barber held his sides and groaned.
"Don't mind them." my father said. My mother called me from the back.
"Go and collect our Nigerian goat," she said.
Which type of humor does the mother use when speaking to the boy?

(1 point)
Responses

hyperbole
hyperbole

incongruity
incongruity

irony
irony

sarcasm

Answer 1

The mother uses sarcasm when speaking to the boy.