Then her large hands were at my neck, opening the button loops. I was terrified. What was happening? "Take it off, Sister." She had her hands on the hem of the dress.

"I don't need to see the inside, Mrs. Henderson, I can tell . . ." But the dress was over my head and my arms were stuck in the sleeves. Momma said, "That'll do. See here, Sister Flowers, I French-seams around the armholes." Through the cloth film, I saw the shadow approach. "That makes it last longer. Children these days would bust out of sheet-metal clothes. They so rough."

"That is a very good job, Mrs. Henderson. You should be proud. You can put your dress back on, Marguerite."

—I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,
Maya Angelou

Read the passage, then complete the statements.

Momma makes Marguerite
take off her dress
.

Momma does this because she wants to

.

One inference the reader can make about Momma’s personality traits based on this action is that she is
.