How does reading Whitman most affect the narrator?
A. It compels her to write something other than what she hasread from her
teachers.
B. It makes her realize how open she can be when expressing herself in America.
C. It causes her to develop a love for writing and reading poetry.
D. It helps her understand the appreciation that she has for her teachers.

The reading of Whitman affected the narrator mostly through the realization that It makes her realize how open she can be when expressing herself in America.

Option B

Explanation:

The Whitman reading made the narrator most affected as the narrator then realizes that she can be freed and has the freedom to expression and so she knew about how open minded or extrovert she can become while expressing herself in America.

She realizes that she can say with all her openness and freedom to what ever she is willing to say. She becomes confident and be able to write the speeches herself, unlike her mother did.

b is the answer.   i sat on the lumpy sofa, totally exhausted, with a bad taste in my mouth, wondering what i should do next.