Jose, a junior in high school, is at home studying on a Saturday night. Jose’s mother is surprised because he is usually out with his friends. She asks, “What are you doing home tonight? Do you have a big test next week?” Jose answers, “No, it’s just that Jimmy is sick and Tom is out of town.” What does Jose’s friends being unavailable have to do with his studying on a Saturday night?

The author most likely included these details in order to read the excerpt from "justin lebo." it was a bmx bike with a twenty-inch trame. its original color was buried beneath five or six coats of gunky paint. now it showed up as sort of a rusted red. everything the grips, the pedals, the brakes, the seat, the spokes-were bent or broken, twisted and rusted, highlight the amount of money justin had to spend to restore the bicycle llustrate why justin wanted to give the bicycle away to someone else. emphasize how hard justin had to work to restore the bicycle. show why justin may have made a mistake in buying this bicycle