Adding the prefix de- to the word value makes a word that means

1."lessen the worth of ."
2."increase the worth of."
3." beyond the worth of."
4."against the worth of ."

1."lessen the worth of ."

When you devalue something you lessen the worth of it. For example, if you get into an accident with the car, you will reduce it's value. We also know that the prefix de- means to go down. For example, when you descend in an elevator you are going down to a lower floor.

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".

it wants you to read whatever it gave you. then compare it to the others you read. you need to use textual evidence, and cite anything you do!

hope this !

~courtney