This question is based on Literary Principles. 'Otto's wife was a potter. Nessa remembered Sandra Davis telling her this. Not just a wife, not just a mother...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 1993 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on Literary Principles.

'Otto's wife was a potter. Nessa remembered Sandra Davis telling her this. Not just a wife, not just a mother - as Nessa's own mother had been, as all the women in her childhood were and were expected to be; cooks and floor scrubbers, fanatical table polishers and chairback starchers, nest builders.

Georgina Hammick, 'Habits'

In the passage above, it can be inferred that Otto's wife

Answer Details
In the passage, it is inferred that Otto's wife was a potter in addition to being a wife and mother. This is contrasted with the traditional roles of women in Nessa's childhood, who were expected to be cooks, cleaners, and homemakers. Therefore, it can be concluded that Otto's wife had a profession outside of the typical domestic duties assigned to women.

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