Question

Why are the students giving the speaker "sword stares"?

a. They are angry that she is sitting with the new girl.
b. They want to hurt her physically by staring at her.
c. They hope that she will harm the new girl.
d. They feel that she may be in danger.

Answer 1

The students are giving the speaker 'sword stares' because they feel that she may be in danger. It is a form of social exclusion and possibly verbal taunting, rather than physical harm or hoping for harm to the new girl.

Step-by-step explanation:

The students are giving the speaker "sword stares" because they feel she may be in danger (d. They feel that she may be in danger). In the provided text, Winterbourne explains to Daisy that the others will give her the cold shoulder, similar to how Mrs. Walker had treated her (the speaker) the other night. This implies that the students' stares are a form of social exclusion and possibly verbal taunting, rather than physical harm or hoping for harm to the new girl.