Question: From, "A Cosmic Flash", Read the following sentence from the story and answer the question.

Suddenly, she blurted out, "I don't want to leave you guys and go into the Nova Program!"

a. What do we learn from reading this sentence?

b. Zarina is angry at her friends for not being as sad as she is about leaving.

c. Zarina feels nervous of her unknown future outside of the space station.

d. She is upset that her friends want to leave her.

Zarina is not sure that she will make new friends.

a. From reading this sentence, we learn that Zarina does not want to leave her friends to go into the Nova Program.

b. Incorrect. There is no mention of Zarina being angry at her friends in the sentence.

c. Correct. Zarina expresses her nervousness about leaving her friends and entering the unknown future of the Nova Program.

d. Incorrect. The sentence does not indicate that Zarina is upset with her friends.