Read the following excerpt from Sandra Cisneros’s story "Mericans." "Por favor," says the lady. "¿Un foto?" pointing to her camera. "Si." She’s so busy taking Junior’s picture, she doesn’t notice me and Keeks. "Hey, Michele, Keeks. You guys want gum?" "But you speak English!" "Yeah," my brother says, "we’re Mericans." Which of the following statements best explains the irony in this excerpt? The woman assumes that the narrator’s brother is native to the region, but he is actually an American. The narrator’s brother does not know how to say the word "Americans" even though he is an American citizen. Neither the narrator nor her brother actually cares for the gum the woman is passing out to them. The children assume that the woman is a foreigner, but she actually lives in a nearby Mexican town.