What does the reader learn about Samantha from this
flashback?
Read the excerpt from "In with the New."
She remembered staring into her closet on the morning
of her first day at Central Middle School. 'Why don't you
wear your green and purple layered T-shirt?" her mom
had suggested, seeing that Samantha looked
overwhelmed.
O Samantha was worried about her first day of school.
O Samantha tried hard to impress people on her first
day of school.
Samantha did not care about her first day of school.
O Samantha was looking forward to her first day at
school.
Samantha picked up the shirt and then put it down. "I do
like that one," she explained, "but it's a little bright, and I
don't want to stand out. Today I only want to blend."