Question

In The Grapes of Wrath, which of the following best explains why the man insists on paying for the loaf in the following passage (paragraphs 18-20)?
Mae said resignedly, “You can have this for ten cents.”

“That’d be robbin’ you, ma’am.”

“Go ahead—Al says to take it.” She pushed the waxpapered loaf across the counter. The man took a deep leather pouch from his rear pocket, untied the strings, and spread it open. It was heavy with silver and with greasy bills.
Question 2 options:

a)

He has a strict budget and does not want to throw off the amount he allotted for the bread.

b)

He still has pride despite living in such poor conditions.

c)

He is desperate to get rid of an unlucky dime.

d)

He is highly insulted at the thought that Al and Mae might be showing charity to his family.

Answer 1

b) He still has pride despite living in such poor conditions.

Answer 2

Answer:

In The Grapes of Wrath, the sentence that best explains why the man insists on paying for the loaf in the following passage is He has a strict budget and does not want to throw off the amount he allotted for the bread.

Explanation:

This passage shows how the man is trying to be absolutely fair with the quantity of bread that he wants to acquire with a dime, it seems to the eyes of the woman that the man is too poor to buy anything and she is being absolutely inaccessible but at the end when he takes the money to pay for the piece of bread he explains that they have a long journey to go and they want to make sure that they are gonna make it with the budget they got.