Question

Which detail from “A Chip of Glass Ruby” most effectively demonstrates Mrs. Bamgee’s dedication and enthusiasm in her fight for equal rights?
-“She was up until long after midnight, turning out leaflets. She did it as if she might have been pounding chilies.”

-“She broke away and came back to him, and the movement of her sari hid them from the rest of the room for a moment.”

-“She behaved properly, as any Moslem woman should, and once her business with such gentlemen was over would never, for instance, have sat down to eat with them.”

-“She still wore the traditional clothing of a Moslem woman, and her body, which was scraggy and unimportant as a dress on a peg, was wrapped in the trailing rags of a cheap sari.”

Answer 1

The answer is: "She was up until long after midnight, turning out leaflets. She did it as if she might have been pounding chilies."

In the story "A Chip of Glass Ruby," by Nadine Gordimer, Mrs. Bamgee is an Indian living in South Africa during apartheid, and acquires a duplicating machine to fight against the injustices of the government and in favor of black people's rights. As a consequence, she is arrested and is committed to give her own life for people's equality, even without the support of her husband.