“Lots of people’s mothers work.”

“Those are American people,” I said.

“So what do you think we are? I can do the pledge of allegiance with my eyes closed.”

Nevertheless, she tried to be discreet; and if my mother wasn’t home by 5:30 we would start cooking by ourselves . . .”

The narrator later shifts her attitude when she ________.

desires to be like the American Eugenie
throws the umbrella in the gutter
fears her mother is dead
is embarrassed by her sister’s dirty glasses