So now on nights when my mother presented her tests,
Which line from the passage best supports the
performed listlessly, my head propped on one arm. I
inference that the daughter is motivated by a desire for
pretended to be bored. And I was. I got so bored that I
independence?
started counting the bellows of the foghorns out on the
bay while my mother drilled me in other areas. The
• "So now on nights when my mother presented her
sound was comforting and reminded me of the cow
tests, I performed listlessly."
jumping over the moon. And the next day, I played a
game with myself, seeing if my mother would give up on
• "The sound was comforting and reminded me of
the cow jumping over the moon."
me before eight bellows. After a while I usually counted
only one, maybe two bellows at most. At last she was
• "After a while I usually counted only one, maybe
beginning to give up hope.
two bellows at most."
-"Two Kinds,'
• "I started counting the bellows of the foghoms out
Amy Tan
on the bay.