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Question 1 • Language Arts 9

Read the excerpt from Outcasts United . Teachers learned to call Luma when her players' parents couldn't be found or were at work. The families showed their gratitude by offering Luma tea and inviting her to dinner. Luma felt needed, and couldn't help but notice how much better this kind of work felt than running Ashton's. In fact, Ashton's was losing money—and fast. Luma was worried. She didn't want to disappoint her investors, and she had wanted more than anything to prove to her parents that she could succeed on her own. But lately, she had begun to wonder how much longer she could keep the place open. Whose thoughts and feelings are revealed by the narrator?

Answer
A
Luma’s
B
the narrator’s
C
the investors’
D
the families’

Explanation

The narrator reveals Luma’s feelings and concerns directly: she feels needed, enjoys the work, worries that Ashton’s is losing money, and doesn’t want to disappoint her investors or parents. These thoughts and feelings belong to Luma, not the families, investors, or narrator.

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