A reаder predicted, “Niа will keep the cаrt fоr her bridge.” After reading Part Twо, hоw should the reader respond?
Which descriptiоn best fits pаrаgrаph 3, including “Lena’s fingers hоvered” and “The hallway clоck clicked into the silence”?
Text B - The Vоice in the Recоrding Originаl shоrt story. [1] By six o’clock, the school hаllwаy would hold an exhibit of neighborhood voices. Lena had arranged photographs and edited interviews for weeks. She wanted visitors to hear something polished enough to prove that students could handle a serious project. On her laptop, Ms. Ortiz’s voice filled a quiet pause: “We kept the store open for people who needed a place to talk.” [2] Lena smiled. That sentence would make a strong ending. Then she heard the line that followed it: “But leave out the part about my brother, please.” Lena stopped the recording. The permission form allowed the class to share the interview, but no one had marked any sections to remove. She could not tell whether “the part” meant the sentence before the request or an earlier memory. [3] Amir leaned over the desk. “We have permission for the interview,” he said. “If we take out too much, the ending won’t make sense.” He tapped the clock on his phone. Visitors would arrive in thirty minutes. Lena’s fingers hovered above the keys. The hallway clock clicked into the silence. [4] Lena tried Ms. Ortiz’s number. No answer. She started a message, erased it, and tried again. Amir reached for the laptop. “Just cut the request. No one will hear that something is missing.” Lena pulled the laptop closer. “Then they’ll hear certainty we don’t have,” she said. “We can leave this section out and explain why.” [5] They removed the uncertain section and made a card: “This interview will be added after its speaker checks the final version.” Lena expected the empty space to look like failure. At the opening, one visitor read the card and said, “Good. People should know where their words are going.” Amir straightened the card but said nothing. Lena could not tell whether he agreed or simply wanted the display to look neat. [6] The next afternoon, Ms. Ortiz called. She wanted one private memory removed but hoped the story about the store could stay. Lena explained the delay and sent the new version. “Thank you for asking,” Ms. Ortiz said. “It sounds like me.” [7] On Friday, Ms. Ortiz stood beside her photograph as her approved story played. Lena had added a question beneath every interview: “Does this sound like what you meant?” Amir showed a new volunteer how to send an edited clip back to its speaker. Voices drifted through the hallway, and Lena stepped aside so a visitor could hear.