Question

Which line from Daly's "Sixteen" best conveys the narrator's feeling of hopefulness?

"At first I can't remember what we talked about. I can't even remember if we talked at all."
"It was all so lovely I was sorry I lived only a few blocks away."
"I watched him from window as he went down the street."
"But he'd said, ‘I'll call you.' That's what he said—‘I'll call you.'"

Answer 1

Answer:

"But he'd said, ‘I'll call you.' That's what he said—‘I'll call you.'"

Explanation:

Sixteen is a short story written by Maureen Daly, an Irish-born American writer best known for the works she wrote while she was still in her teens. Sixteen is one of these works. She wrote it when she was sixteen years old.

The story tells about a girl who meets a boy at the skating rink and begins to like him. The line But he'd said, ‘I'll call you.' That's what he said—‘I'll call you.' follows their separation. The narrator hopes the boy will call her and convinces herself that he will do so. However, soon we find out that the boy didn't call. This is how the story ends.