Excerpt from The Captain Question
Lambert Collins
- At basketball practice yesterday, the sweat was pouring off my face. We were really pushing ourselves to our limits, but
something was definitely off. We were missing passes and getting our game strategies mixed up. Charlie, who has never been
anything but graceful on his feet, looked around in confusion and tripped. He was okay, but it showed how out of sync we were.
2 We all secretly knew what was happening, but we didn't want to admit it. We knew Coach Webb would be the one to say it.
At last, Coach called us over and we stood panting as he shook his head. 'It's clear that something's not right. You guys all
worked together so smoothly when Mickie was the team captain. After he and his family moved, our teamwork is falling apart.
We really need to choose a new, strong captain."
In section 1, why does the narrator say that sweat was pouring off his face?
A)
to spotlight how hard he was practicing
to foreshadow how nervous he would become
to highlight how very hot it was in the gym
to suggest that he was beginning to get frightened
In section 1, why does the narrator say that “ sweat was pouring” off his face?

Ajourney with my father adapted from my reminiscences by sir rabindranath tagore probably in order to teach me to be careful, my father placed a little small change in my charge and required me to keep an account of it. he also entrusted me with the duty of winding his valuable gold watch for him. he overlooked the risk of damage in his desire to train me to a sense of responsibility. when we went out together for our morning walk, he would ask me to give alms to any beggars we came across. but i never could render him a proper account at the end of it. one day, my balance was larger than the account warranted. "i really must make you my cashier," observed my father. "money seems to have a way of growing in your hands! " that watch of his i wound up with such indefatigable1 zeal that it had very soon to be sent to the watchmaker's in calcutta. i am reminded of the time when, later in life, i was appointed to manage the estate and had to lay before my father, owing to his failing eyesight, a statement of accounts on the second or third of every month. i had first to read out the totals under each head, and if he had any doubts on any point, he would ask for the details. if i made any attempt to slur over or keep out of sight any item which i feared he would not like, it was sure to come out. so, these first few days of the month were very anxious ones for me. as i have said, my father had the habit of keeping everything clearly before his mind—whether figures of accounts, or ceremonial arrangements, or additions or alterations to property. he had never seen the new assembly hall built at bolpur, and yet, he was familiar with every detail of it from questioning those who came to see him after a visit to bolpur. he had an extraordinary memory, and when once he got hold of a fact, it never escaped him. my father asked me to copy the favourite verses, with their translation, from the book he liked reading every day. at home, i had been a boy of no account. here, when these important functions were entrusted to me, i felt the glory of the situation. 1. tireless 7 how does the narrator support the idea that his father keeps everything clearly before his mind? a. by giving the example of his father's response when his account did not tally with the money that he had in hand b. by mentioning that his father was interested in everything that happened around him c. by giving the example of his father knowing every detail of the new assembly hall at bolpur d. by mentioning that his father had marked his favorite verses from his favorite book