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Read the following passage from “The Swimming Contest."
"Come over here, Nahida," the old lady said, "and kiss the hand of the hakima who cured your grandmother. And this is her son."
Nahida came hesitantly into the room and stood in front of my mother. My mother embraced her and kissed her on the cheek, and a flush suffused the
girl's dark complexion. She hung her head and remained silent.
The details in this passage lead a reader to understand that the old lady is the mother's
A. aunt.
B. neighbor.
C. patient.
D. servant.

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The details show that the old lady was the mother's patient, as shown in option C.

How can we come to this conclusion?

  • The old lady is not related to the narrator.
  • The old lady doesn't know the narrator's entire family.

We can identify who the old lady is by her intimacy with the narrator of the story. This is because the narration is done from a first-person point of view, which allows the reader to better understand the intimacy and kinship between the characters.

Learn more about the first-person point of view at the link:

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