Using the short story “First Day” (link above), please select the best option for the following questions
Question 1
Which detail from the story best illustrates that the narrator is feeling nervous on the first day of school? (RL1)(1 point)
Responses
"The smell is somehow a soothing one now and I will reach for it time and time again before the morning ends." (Paragraph 1)
"The smell is somehow a soothing one now and I will reach for it time and time again before the morning ends." (Paragraph 1)
"I am carrying a pencil, a pencil sharpener, and a small ten-cent tablet with a black-and-white speckled cover." (Paragraph 2)
"I am carrying a pencil, a pencil sharpener, and a small ten-cent tablet with a black-and-white speckled cover." (Paragraph 2)
"On the table beside the woman's pocketbook is a large notebook, worthy of someone in high school, and looking at me looking at the notebook, the girl places her hand possessively on it." (Paragraph 10)
"On the table beside the woman's pocketbook is a large notebook, worthy of someone in high school, and looking at me looking at the notebook, the girl places her hand possessively on it." (Paragraph 10)
"My mother looks at me, then looks away. I know almost all of her looks but this one is brand new to me." (Paragraph 17)