Question

interpreting a characters language
\ay, yoyo, you are going to be the one to bring our name to the headlights in this country! that is a beautiful, beautiful speech i want for your father to hear it before he goes to sleep. then i will type it for you, all right?\ - \daughter of invention,\ julia alvarez
in this passage, the mother tries to use an english idiom about having ones name in lights, which means to be famous. instead, she says that yoyo will bring their name \to the headlights in this country.\
what does the mothers language reveal?
she is careful to speak only in spanish.
she is hesitant to speak in english.
she is eager to try english phrases.

Explanation:

The mother tries to use an English - language idiom ("bring our name to the headlights" instead of the correct "have one's name in lights"). This shows her eagerness to use English phrases. She is not restricting herself to Spanish, nor is she hesitant to speak English.

Answer:

She is eager to try English phrases.