Read this excerpt from "A Drop in the Bucket."Finally, after more trial and error, Diane grabs a stainless steel bowl—just like the one in her kitchen—and presses clay in a ring around the curved bottom.

Diane keeps trying different approaches, even after earlier attempts do not work. Her decision to use a familiar bowl to shape the clay shows persistence, so “determined” best describes her.

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