The author most likely included the following sentence to
Almost tiptoeing across the office, I maneuvered myself to keep my mother between
me and the gringo lady.
A. show that Miss Hopley, the gringo lady, is tall and frightening in appearance
B. offer readers an example of the narrator's quick reflexes
C. remind the reader that the narrator is young and nervous
O D. to suggest to the reader the narrator's fear of authority
