What is the boy’s attitude toward his parents as suggested by the following lines: “The boy imagined his parents turning in their beds and muttering: Those dogs again! before they were dragged back in sleep; and he smiled scornfully.”

A. He wishes his parents were interested in what he is doing every morning.

B. He does not like for them to be so irritated by the dogs’ excitement.

C. He regards them with disrespect because he has outsmarted them every morning.

D. He feels sorry for them for being awakened by the dogs’ barking.

The boy’s attitude toward his parents as suggested by the following lines is C. He regards them with disrespect because he has outsmarted them every morning.

What is an Attitude?

This refers to the disposition of a person towards another person that affects his interactions with them.

Hence, we can see that from the given lines, it is narrated that the boy is happy that the barking of the dogs had awoken his parents and he is thrilled by the thought that they would be unhappy and he smiles scornfully.

This shows that he regards them with disrespect because he has outsmarted them every morning and option C is the correct answer.