Question

excerpt from mom & me & mom
passage a
excerpt from mom & me & mom
maya angelou
\maya, you disapprove of me because i am not like your grandmother. thats true. i am not. but i am your mother and i am working some part of my anatomy off to pay for this roof over your head. when you go to school, the teacher will smile at you and you will smile back. students you dont even know will smile and you will smile. but on the other hand, i am your mother. if you can force one smile on your face for strangers, do it for me. i promise you i will appreciate it.\
she put her hand on my cheek and smiled. \come on, baby, smile for mother. come on. be charitable.\
she made a funny face and against my will, i smiled. she kissed me on my lips and started to cry. \thats the first time i have seen you smile. it is a beautiful smile. mothers beautiful daughter can.

1. which set of key details best supports a summary of how mayas understanding of charity changes in the excerpt?

a. maya is called beautiful by her mother, which makes her feel appreciated and more confident.
b. maya is told to smile for her teacher and classmates but refuses to smile at home.
c. after seeing her mother cry and being called beautiful, maya learns that kindness can be given through small, thoughtful actions.
d. mayas mother works hard to provide for her and reminds her to be polite to others.

Explanation:

The passage shows Maya's mother asking her to be charitable by smiling. After seeing her mother cry and being called beautiful, Maya realizes that kindness can be expressed through small, thoughtful actions like smiling, which represents a change in her understanding of charity. Options A, B, and D do not directly relate to the change in her understanding of charity.

Answer:

C. After seeing her mother cry and being called beautiful, Maya learns that kindness can be given through small, thoughtful actions.