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'Nana has many voices. There is a special one she uses to shut everyone up.' What do these lines from Ama Ata Aidoo's short story, 'The Girl Who Can', tell us about Nana?
Topic: Nana's character
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(d) She dominates the household..
Explanation
Read what the voice DOES: it shuts everyone up. The detail is about authority, not volume or rudeness — Nana ends discussions, and even Adjoa’s mother yields to her. This matters for the story’s conflict, since it is Nana’s word on Adjoa’s thin legs that goes unchallenged until the running proves her wrong. Option (b) is the trap: it describes the sound, not the significance.
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She dominates the household..
Example
She dominates the household.
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