Question

"It’s only fair,” Maritza told her friend Avery as they sat in their empty classroom after school. "The first person to do a famous thing should get the most credit for it. I mean, how much do you hear about the second person to fly an airplane over the Atlantic Ocean? Or the second guy who landed on the moon?”



To draw a conclusion about Maritza’s character based on this excerpt, what is the best question for the reader to ask?


Who is she?

What does she do?

Where is she?

What does she say?

Answer 1

To draw a conclusion about Maritza’s character based on this excerpt, the best question for the reader to ask is Who is she?

Answer 2

To draw a conclusion about Maritza's character based on the excerp, the best question for the reader to ask is: What does she say? (option 4).

The excerpt contains things that Maritza has said about being the first or the second person to accomplish something. She states that being the first person to do something gives you credit. She then makes emphasis on the fact that the second person to accomplish something important like flying over the Atlantic Ocean or landing on the moon is not famous or relevant because someone has already done it.

By asking yourself "What does she say?", you can draw conclusions on her characterization as a person who values being the first to do something.