"Talking Wrong" is an essay about author Patricia Smith's mother's move from Alabama to Chicago and her attempt to speak standar
d English when she gets there. Based on the following excerpt, Smith hears her mother's original, customary language. How did she feel? When my mama talks, the sound is flat and broad and wild with unexpected flowers, like fields in Alabama.
a.) exhilarated
b.) ashamed
c.) complacent
d.) comforted
