Later I had more crazy tests today. The nice lady who gave it me told me the name and I asked her how do you spellit so I can rite it in my progris riport. THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST. I dont know the frist 2 words but I know what test means. You got to pass it or you get bad marks. This test lookd easy becaus I coud see the picturs. Only this time she dint want me to tell her the picturs. That mixd me up. . . . She said make up storys about the pepul in the picturs.

–"Flowers for Algernon,”
Daniel Keyes

How do the periods in the passage help the reader read fluently?

by providing places for the reader to pause
by indicating a pause that is cause for alarm
by showing the reader to change to a sad tone
by reminding the reader to read with accuracy