IMPORTANT For the first time, Rashad sees the graffiti “Rashad is absent today.” How does he respond? What does he think when he sees it? Does he know who did it? Use textual evidence to support your answer.

When Rashad sees the graffiti for the first time he was surprised.

He thinks it is weird to be fussed over like that.

He knew who did it, he knew it was Carlos.

Explanation:

Rashad is surprised when he sees the graffiti "RASHAD IS ABSENT TODAY" for the time, "I enlarged the image and did a double take", he couldn't believe it, "I couldn’t believe it. I had become a hashtag. I had become searchable. A trending topic. Another number on someone’s chart. But to me, I was still . . .just me."

He thought, "It just seemed weird that there was so much fuss over me."

He knew that Carlos did it, "I stared at the picture. The letters, the tiny loop at the stop of the cursive s. So familiar. There was only one person I knew who did that. Carlos."

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