Benny Cat
by Tirzah Tyler
"I'll miss you," Sara told Marissa while she gave her a long hug.
"We'll see each other at school, silly," Marissa said with a smile while she pulled away from her friend's hug.
Benny, Marissa's gray striped cat, meowed and gently wiped his cheek against the wall of Marissa's apartment building.
"You'll have your hands full with Benny inside the moving van, won't you?" Sara asked.
With a carefree laugh, Marissa declared, "We're not going to take Benny with us. We're moving to a rent house that doesn't allow pets."
Sara gasped. "You mean—you're just going to leave him here?"
Marissa nodded and said, "Sure. We got him when we lived here, so he belongs here. That's what my mom said."
The thought of Marissa and her family abandoning Benny made Sara feel sick to her stomach. "Can I have him?" Sara asked.
Marissa shrugged her shoulders and said, "Sure, why not?" Before she cheerfully skipped away, she added, "See you at school next month!"
Benny meowed and continued to wipe his cheek against the building's brick wall. He reminded Sara of Patches, a cat that she used to have. Sara squatted down and motioned for Benny to come to her. He meowed again, trotted toward her, and sniffed her hands.
She scooped him into her arms as gently as she could. "Would you like to come home with me and be my cat?" she whispered.
Benny settled into Sara's embrace and purred loudly in reply.
Slowly, Sara walked a block and a half to her house with Benny, and she hoped that her parents would let her keep him.
What is the best summary of the passage?
A.
Marissa reminds Sara that they would still meet at school, when Sara shows sadness at Marissa moving to a new house. Sara hugs Marissa and requests her to let her keep her cat, Benny. Marissa agrees and Sara says goodbye to her and walks back home.
B.
Marissa is moving with her family to a rented house where pets are not allowed and so she decides to abandon her cat, Benny. Marissa's friend Sara feels bad about this and asks her if she can have the cat. After getting Marissa's approval, Sara takes the cat home.
C.
Sara is upset that her friend Marissa is moving to a new house. She asks Marissa to let her keep her cat, Benny, as it would to help her cope with Marissa's absence. On hearing this idea, Marissa happily gives Benny to Sara and asks her to take care of him.
D.
Sara comes over to say goodbye to her friend Marissa, who is moving to a new house. She spots a cat in Marissa's house and finds out that it is a stray cat. After saying goodbye to Marissa, Sara decides to take the cat home and name it Benny.
