Read this excerpt from "gravity" by judith ortiz cofer: i could never ask any of my friends over to our apartment. they would have suffered culture shock. so i divided myself into two people—actually three, if you counted the after-school hippie version as a separate identity. it was not always easy to shuffle out of my visionary self and into the binding coat of propriety the puerto rican girl was supposed to wear, although my parents were more understanding than others in our barrio. which of the main character's traits does the passage most clearly reveal?

Read the excerpt from "object lesson, part 2." "no sign of the original envelope? " "no." "i found two boys with bills — in each case a single, too. david strager and joey buell. no envelope." louise's brows met. ellery glanced up at the clock. 9: 07. he strolled over to her. "don't show them you're worried. there's nothing to worry about. we have twenty-eight minutes." he raised his voice, smiling. which statement explains the inference ellery makes and why he makes it? he infers that miss carpenter thinks they are not going to find the thief because he sees her facial expression. he infers that it will take twenty-eight more minutes to find the missing money because that is all the time he has. he infers that the original envelope will not be found because neither david strager nor joey buell has it. he infers that david strager and joey buell took the money because they each have a dollar bill.