Question 1-3
Brenda's Claim
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"You don't have to keep repeating it. I hear what you're saying, and I'm telling you, it cannot be done. It's a physical
impossibility." That was Gerald, making another in a series of pronouncements on the absolutes of the universe,
physical and otherwise. Merely saying something was never dramatic enough for him. Gerald declared things,
He asserted them. He presented them to the world, or whoever in the world happened to be listening at the time. On
that particular Friday night, only Chris and Brenda had heard the latest announcement, as the three of them worked the
night shift stocking shelves at Sunrise Market.
"Not only can it be done, but I can do it," Brenda said plainly. Then she returned to arranging bottles of salad dressing
on the shelves of aisle nine. Chris looked at his friend, wondering what she was up to. Everyone liked to burst Gerald's
,bubble in a good-natured way. Gerald was almost twenty and had graduated two years before. He was studying
engineering at college, but he'd had this job at Sunrise since he was sixteen. He'd gotten used to the ribbing about
being the resident science geek. They stayed quiet for a while. There were no customers in the store at this hour. It was
obvious that Gerald was thinking hard about what Brenda had claimed she could do.
Chris had known Brenda his whole life. They grew up three houses apart and had gone from kindergarten all the way
through high school together. If there was one thing he learned about her in all those years, it was that she wasn't the
everyday girl she appeared to be. She always had a lot more going on in her head than she let on. She had the
appearance of any average eighteen year old, but Chris knew that behind her semi-bored expression, her mental gears
were always turning. She noticed every detail, and always had thoughts that never would have occurred to Chris. After
3 movies, they'd go to Stallie's Pizza and he'd be amazed at all the things she had to say about the film they just
watched. Chris would have a few opinions about which parts were funny, or exciting, or not very believable. But it
was like Brenda had seen a different movie. She noticed every detail and remembered the dialogue. She didn't think
just about what she saw on the screen, but she had tons of interesting ideas and viewpoints about what it all meant.
And she didn't think just about movies that way. She seemed to notice more than most people in every situation. Chris
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This passage is most like a
O comedy.
O fable.
O mystery.
o myth.