Question

Excerpt from Saving the Thrift Store: A Drama

Lee Washington




2ROSA: Eddie, I don’t recognize the shirt you’re wearing. When did you get it?


3LOUIS: It doesn’t look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.


4EDDIE: Well, I’m not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (LOUIS playfully aims a soccer ball at EDDIE. ROSA deflects it.)


5ROSA: What I was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (LOUIS wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. He leafs through it while EDDIE and ROSA talk.)


In line 5, which point is Rosa making when she says Eddie’s shirt looks good?

A) The store must have new merchandise.

B) Rosa is jealous of Eddie’s new shirt.


C) Eddie must have done his own laundry.

D) Eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.

Answer 1

Answer:

D) Eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.

Explanation:

In an excerpt, Rosa points to Eddie's shirt to show her surprise when she saw a shirt. She points to the shirt because this is something new for Eddie. In short dialogue the reader notice that Eddie often wear sports shirts that are not so clean. He plays football so he can pay much attention to the cleanliness of his shirts.

Answer 2

Answer:

D

Explanation: