Read the excerpt from "Something Could Happen to You." I listened to Mami's lecture with downcast eyes and the necessary, respectful expression of humility. But inside, I quaked. Two days in New York, and I'd already
become someone else.
What can be inferred about the narrator based on this language from the last paragraph?
(6.3 points)
O A. The narrator is alarmed that she has changed in sus a short period of time.
B. The narrator is fearful that her mother will recognize that her remorse is fake.
C.
The narrator is worried that her mother will punish her for going outside.
D. The narrator is concerned that she will have trouble fitting in at home.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.