Read the excerpt from Homecoming."Listen, I’m going to go to a phone and see where the bus station is and call them up to find out how much tickets cost. You lay low.”"Why?”Dicey decided to tell him the truth. "Just in case. I mean, three kids in a car in a parking lot at night . . . See, James, I think we’ve got to get to Bridgeport and I just don’t know what would happen if a policeman saw us. Foster homes or something, I dunno. I don’t want to risk it. But one kid . . . and I’m pretty old so it doesn’t look funny.”
Answer
A
She is smart and resourceful.
B
She is scared and confused.
C
She is uncertain and unaware.
D
She is happy and comfortable.
Explanation
Dicey thinks ahead about how the situation might look to a police officer and worries that the children could be sent to foster homes. She makes a practical plan: she will go alone to find the bus station and ask about ticket prices while James stays out of sight. This shows that she is smart and resourceful, rather than simply confused or unaware.
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