1 Sharon Belletieri lived with her parents in a famous kind of sanitary house where you couldn't get TB
2 or rheumatic fever because it had no drafts. "You won't have to worry about polio," Betsy Lou had told
3 me. The house had venetian blinds like my aunt's, and there was also a television set, an immense one, on
4 legs. Howdy Doody was on, but no one was watching. I did not know what to say to the children. They
5 all knew each other, and their screams and giggles had a natural continuity, something like the way my
6 mother talked with her sister, and like the splendid houses of the neighborhood, all set so close together.
7 For her birthday, Sharon's parents gave her a Toni doll that took my breath away. It had a bolero
8 sundress, lace-edged panties and slip, and white shoes and socks—an outfit as fine as any of Lunetta's. It
9 came with a Play Wave, including Plastic Spin curlers and Toni Creme Rinse. The doll's magic nylon hair
10 was supposed to grow softer in texture the more you gave it permanent waves. Feeling self-conscious in my
11 new playsuit, I sat quietly at the party, longing to give that doll a permanent.
12 Eventually, even though I had hardly opened my mouth, someone laughed at my accent. I had said the
13 unfortunate word "hair" again, in reference to the doll.
14 Sharon said, "She's from Kentucky."
15 Growing bold and inspired, I said, "Well, we don't have any reds in Kentucky
11. Using the excerpt above, answer the following question: Lines 12–14 suggest that the children's attitude toward people who are not like themselves is one of
Jealousy
suspicion
Superiority
Admiration