Part A

What inference can be made based on what happens in “The White Umbrella”?


Like her mother, the narrator has little interest in material possessions.

The narrator desperately wants to fit in and feel a part of American culture.

The narrator resents her mother for making the decision to work.

Because of all of her questions, the narrator is suspicious of Miss Crosman.
Question 2
Part B

Which two details from the story best support the inference in Part A?


“I wanted to tell her that I was the school spelling bee champion, that I wasn’t ticklish, that I could do karate."

"I wanted to open it, twirl it around by its slender silver handle; I wanted to dangle it from my wrist on the way to school the way the other girls did."

“I knew, however, how my mother would react. ‘Things,’ she would say. ‘What’s the matter with a raincoat?’”

“'Shall I at least give her a call and remind her you’re here? Maybe she forgot about you.'”