Read the excerpt from "Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?”But I didn’t sleep. I thought about how utterly miserable it would feel to mess up on stage, plus get a vile grade in English class, plus watch Allison gloat. I got up before my alarm went off, arrived at school early, and slogged through the day like a sleepwalker. Finally the last bell chimed."Ready?” Shondra asked, when we were alone again in the spare classroom. We had two hours until we had to meet our teacher backstage.
Answer
A
The slow pace highlights how exhausted the narrator was on her big day.
B
The slow pace gives the narrator time to carefully plot out her next move.
C
The fast pace intensifies the conflict between the narrator and Allison.
D
The fast pace increases the narrator’s urgency in learning her lines.