Literature in EnglishDramatic techniquesJAMB

Read the extract and answer the question. [A small tailoring shop. Sewing machines hum. MAMA NGOZI pins a gown on a dummy. CHIDI, her apprentice, rushes in, out of breath.] CHIDI: Madam, the chairman's wife is coming herself! MAMA NGOZI: (without looking up) Then let her come on her feet like everybody else. CHIDI: But the gown is not ready. She will shout the roof down. MAMA NGOZI: A roof that falls from shouting was never a roof. Bring me the blue thread. CHIDI: (searching frantically) There is no blue thread, Madam. Only green. MAMA NGOZI: (finally turning) Then today, my son, the sky will be green. [Enter MRS OKAFOR, fanning herself with a large hat.] MRS OKAFOR: Ngozi! Is my gown ready, or must I attend the launching in my night dress? MAMA NGOZI: (smiling sweetly) Madam, a beautiful woman makes any cloth look like a gown. (An original extract written for AdmitMe practice.)

Mama Ngozi's final remark to Mrs Okafor is best described as

An AdmitMe practice question, written for the JAMB syllabus. Not an official past question.