<u>Answer:</u>
Margaret Spokes, the headmaster’s wife, can be described in one word as (B) Proper.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The story “Next term, We'll Mash You” by “Penelope Lively” is a story about the boy who is scared about his boarding school throughout. He goes with his parents to visit his boarding school. But he doesn’t quite like the school as there are “inky tables“, “rungless chairs” as described by the author in the story. Even the headmaster thinks the students are nuisances.
When Charles meets the other boys, they threaten him to beat the next time as they have this tradition of beating the new entrants.
Margaret Spokes is a stagnant personality who uses heightened language in the plot, pretentious in nature. In her meeting, she hardly even notices charles. All she wanted is the proper respect from the students.
