Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.The next morning I told Mom that I couldn’t go to school, because I was too sick. It was the first lie that I had to tell. She put her hand on my forehead and said, “You do feel a bit hot.” I said, “I took my temperature and it’s one hundred point seven degrees.” That was the second lie. She turned around and asked me to zip up the back of her dress which she could have done herself, but she knew that I loved to do it.What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?
Answer
A
that his mom will worry about him
B
that his mom will trust him
C
that his mom knows he is lying
D
that his mom needs his help
Explanation
The narrator lies about being sick, and his mother responds as though she believes him: she checks his forehead and accepts his claim about his temperature. This suggests he assumes she will trust what he tells her. The excerpt does not show that she knows he is lying; her request for help with her dress is described as something she could do herself.
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