English 10 a
unit 7 lesson 2

read the following sentences from "day of the butterfly's"
our teacher a cold gentle girl, who wore glasses with the gold rims and in the stiff solicitude of certain poses resembled a giraffe, wrote something on a piece of paper and showed it to myra. and myra recited uncertainly. "my brother has had an accident, , teacher."

after reading these sentences the reader can most likely conclude that:

a. the narrator admires her teacher
b. the teacher has had a proper upbringing
c. myra does not normally use good manner
d. the narrator is on friendly terms with myra

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