Question

“Is this how you raise your daughter! Is this what you teach her? Lessons to be a toy for American boys!” Papa spat out the words.        The color rose in Mama’s face like a flame turned up on the stove, and she spun toward me, her eyes flashing. “What have you done?”        “Your daughter was in the arms of an American boy.”        Mama looked shocked. “When? H-how can this be?” she stammered.        “Outside the school as I drove by, I found them at this. Don’t you teach her anything?”        “Who let her stay after school? Who gives permission for all these things? You are the one, Aibek. If you left it to me, she would come home every day. She would not have this permission!”

Reread lines 527–541, in which Maya’s parents are arguing about her. What does Maya’s reaction tell you about what she wants?

Answer 1

She wants the fighting to stop