Which statement describes the contrasting attitudes that the speaker in "mending wall" and his neighbor hold about the wall? a. the speaker admires the wall; the neighbor pays little attention to the wall. b. the speaker is resentful and hostile about the wall; the neighbor praises the wall's sturdiness and urges the speaker to appreciate it. c. the speaker is eager to mend the wall; the neighbor finds repairing the wall an annoying responsibility. d. the speaker thinks playfully about the wall; the neighbor respects the wall's authority.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”