Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai
Based on details in the excerpt, what can readers infer?
[Manjiro) was brought back to the present moment when a
bowl of steaming rice was set before him. A real bowl. Of
real rice. It had not been a dream. The wonderful
unexpected smell of rice cooking had fanned the embers of
memory
Manjiro is comforted by the bowl of rice.
Manjiro is not used to eating rice from a bowl.
Manjiro is smelling rice for the first time.
Manjiro is not going to eat the steaming rice
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