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Analyzing Development of a Theme, Part 2- Quiz-Level H
In this excerpt from 8th Grade Superzero, Reggie gives a
speech urging his classmates to vote for him for student-
body president.
DECEMBER 21
8:08 A.M.
I'm like a boxer before the title fight. Except I'm not in
the ring. I'm in the auditorium. About to be front and center
stage again. And the fight is against my own stomach.
"You have your talking points, right?" asks Joe C. "Do
you want to go over them again?"
I hold up the two sheets of paper. "One: Clarke was
built on a mission and a message. Two: We have not
fulfilled them. Three-"
"You're not going to just read the list like that, right?"
Joe C. interrupts. "Start with the 'We Can Do It' stuff."
"I thought the list sounded more take-charge," I say.
"You told me I sounded like an infomercial before."
What do the underlined sentences
suggest that Reggie is feeling?
He feels relaxed and confident.
He feels angry and heated.
He feels confused and lost.
He feels nervous and sick.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The underlined sentences suggest that Reggie is feeling:

He feels nervous and sick.

The description of being in the auditorium, the reference to a fight against his own stomach, and the mention of his past anxiety about sounding like an infomercial all indicate that Reggie is experiencing nervousness and physical discomfort before giving his speech.