Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." When Rikki got to the house, Teddy and Teddy's mother (she still looked very white, for she had been fainting) and
Teddy's father came out and almost cried over him; and that night he ate all that was given him till he could eat no
more, and went to bed on Teddy's shoulder where Teddy's mother saw him when she came to look late at night
"He saved our lives and Teddy's life," she said to her husband. "Just think, he saved all our lives!"
What role doés Teddy's mother play in the story?
She provides emotional reactions that move the plot forward.
She acts as a role model.
She is an antagonist to the human protagonist.
She provides a connection to Darzee's wife.

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”