Question

pretest: reading and comprehending fiction
bridewell, or transported, or hung; which is more likely than either, isnt it?
crimson with fury, oliver started up; overthrew the chair and table; seized noah by the throat; shook him, in the violence of his rage, till his teeth chattered in his head; and collecting his whole force into one heavy blow, felled him to the ground.
a minute ago, the boy had looked the quiet child, mild, dejected creature that harsh treatment had made him. but his spirit was roused at last; the cruel insult to his dead mother had set his blood on fire. his breast heaved; his attitude was erect; his eye bright and vivid; his whole person changed, as he stood glaring over the cowardly tormentor who now lay crouching at his feet; and defied him with an energy he had never known before.
\hell murder me!\ blubbered noah. \charlotte! missis! heres the new boy a murdering of me! help! help! olivers gone mad! char—lotte!\
...
\oh, you little wretch!\ screamed charlotte: seizing oliver with her utmost force, which was about equal to that of a moderately strong man in particularly good training. \oh, you little un-grate-ful, mur-de-rous, hor-rid villain!\ and between every syllable, charlotte gave oliver a blow with all her might: accompanying it with a scream, for the benefit of society.
; but, lest it should not be effectual in calming olivers wrath, mrs. sowerberry plunged into the kitchen, and assisted to hold him with the other. in this favourable position of affairs, noah rose from the ground, and pommelled him behind.
. charlotte is shown to be a woman who is
. in the last two paragraphs of the excerpt, the reader is left to infer that charlotte, mrs. sowerberry, and noah are
oliver.
options:
often insubordinate to the sowerberrys
contemptuous of working-class boys
convinced by noahs false claims
outraged by the mistreatment of the poor

Explanation:

The text shows Charlotte violently attacking Oliver, yelling insults and calling him ungrateful and a villain. Her actions and words reveal she holds contempt for working-class boys like Oliver, as she targets him with unprovoked fury and demeaning language.

Answer:

contemptuous of working-class boys