"My mom is a draconian monster," Amy cried in her best "victim" voice to her friend Jessop. 'She won't let me do anything fun. Yesterday she made me study vocabulary words before I could go out with my friends. They were so multitudinous that I couldn't finish before my friends were ready to go!"

Jessop looked at her without pity. He was sure Amy was telling only part of the truth. He knew Amy's mom pretty well, and he reasoned that she probably knew exactly what she was doing. Amy, on the other hand, was renowned among their circle of friends for her theatrics.

Draco
According to Aristotle, Draco, an Athenian politician in the 7th century B.C., authored the first written legal code. Draco's code was extremely harsh, making many crimes punishable by death.
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A.
Amy indicates that her mother knows what she's doing.
B.
Amy believes her mother is unreasonably severe.
C.
Amy implies that her mother is a dragon.
D.
Amy thinks her mother is old-fashioned.