Read the excerpt from "Homesick Blues."Now I'm looking at the numbers 7-9-5-3. According to my computer, they are the balance in my checking account. $79.53. Also according to the computer, a plane ticket home costs $387.00. I can't even get a bus ticket with the money I have. And the rent is due next week, and we still have six months on our lease, and I can't leave Alyssa hanging like that. Every time I mention going home, she sinks into a state of depression and starts acting aloof and nervous. But she doesn’t realize that I am just as depressed when I think about staying here.
Answer
A
Alyssa encourages the narrator to move home, but the narrator is determined to stay.
B
Alyssa is anxious that the narrator might move home, but the narrator is too depressed to stay.
C
Alyssa ignores whether the narrator might move home, and the narrator is too depressed to stay.
D
Alyssa is furious that the narrator might move home, but the narrator is determined to move home.