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Based on your reading of the story, answer the following question by choosing the correct option:
Mrs. Bramble was a proud woman because.
Options
she was the wife of a famous boxer.
she had motivated her husband.
she was a good housewife.
she was the mother of a child prodigy.
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Solution
she was the mother of a child prodigy.
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