Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

Aliya although is born with a silver spoon, but she has no freedom to move around meet new people unlike other persons. This signals to the...

  • A criticism of strict parenting
  • B irony of life
  • C essence of a child's exposure
  • D expectations of wealthy parents
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The correct answer is B. irony of life

Aliya at age 12 envy of the girls hawking on the street and their freedom to move about as compared to her restriction to move about, eventhough she born into a comfortable home, significantly indicates the irony of life i.e no one has it all.

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