just beyond the estate, yolanda came upon a small village—altamira in rippling letters on the corrugated tin roof of the first little house. it was a little cluster of houses on either side of the road, a good place to stretch her legs before what shed heard was a steep and slightly (her aunts had warned \very\) dangerous descent to the coast. yolanda pulled up at a cantina, the thatched roof held up by several posts. instead of a menu, there was a yellowing, grimy poster for palmolive soap tacked on one of the posts with a picture of a blonde woman under a spraying shower, her head thrown back in seeming ecstasy, her mouth opened in a wordless cry. (\palmolive\? yolanda wondered.) she felt even thirstier and grimier looking at this lathered beauty after her hot day on the road.
an old woman emerged at last from a shack behind the cabana, buttoning up a torn housedress, and followed closely by a little boy, who kept ducking behind her whenever yolanda smiled at him. asking him his name just drove him further into the folds of the old womans skirt.
\you must excuse him, doña,\ she apologized. \hes not used to being among people.\ but yolanda knew the old woman meant, not the people in the village, but the people with money who drove through altamira to the beaches on the coast.
\speak up!\ the old woman scolded, but her voice betrayed pride when she spoke up for him. his little know-nothing is jose duarte sanchez y mella garcia.\
in the italicized excerpt, which of the following phrases shows that the old woman secretly favors the little boy?
a \old woman scolded\
b \voice betrayed pride\
c \she spoke up\
d his little know-nothing\

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just beyond the estate, yolanda came upon a small village—altamira in rippling letters on the corrugated tin roof of the first little house. it was a little cluster of houses on either side of the road, a good place to stretch her legs before what shed heard was a steep and slightly (her aunts had warned \very\) dangerous descent to the coast. yolanda pulled up at a cantina, the thatched roof held up by several posts. instead of a menu, there was a yellowing, grimy poster for palmolive soap tacked on one of the posts with a picture of a blonde woman under a spraying shower, her head thrown back in seeming ecstasy, her mouth opened in a wordless cry. (\palmolive\? yolanda wondered.) she felt even thirstier and grimier looking at this lathered beauty after her hot day on the road.
an old woman emerged at last from a shack behind the cabana, buttoning up a torn housedress, and followed closely by a little boy, who kept ducking behind her whenever yolanda smiled at him. asking him his name just drove him further into the folds of the old womans skirt.
\you must excuse him, doña,\ she apologized. \hes not used to being among people.\ but yolanda knew the old woman meant, not the people in the village, but the people with money who drove through altamira to the beaches on the coast.
\speak up!\ the old woman scolded, but her voice betrayed pride when she spoke up for him. 	his little know-nothing is jose duarte sanchez y mella garcia.\
in the italicized excerpt, which of the following phrases shows that the old woman secretly favors the little boy?
a \old woman scolded\
b \voice betrayed pride\
c \she spoke up\
d 	his little know-nothing\

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine which phrase shows the old woman secretly favors the boy, we analyze each option:
- Option A: "old woman scolded" shows scolding, not favor.
- Option B: "voice betrayed pride" implies her voice revealed pride when speaking for him, suggesting hidden affection/favor.
- Option C: "she spoke up" is just about speaking, not favor.
- Option D: "this little know - nothing" is a teasing or scolding - like term, not showing favor.

# Answer:
B. "voice betrayed pride"

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