Read the passage. when i was in high school, my favorite year was my sophomore year. i had so much fun! i was no longer a freshman, i got my drivers license, i met lots of new friends, and i started working and making money. it was great! which of the following is the most likely purpose and audience for this passage?

the primary purpose of this passage is to explain why the persona's favorite year is sophomore year. it is most likely that the audience are the persona's friends/peers.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".