Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."He thought furiously.Let the bell ring at 9:35 and the boy strut out of Miss Carpenter's room undetected, with his loot, and he would send up a howl like a wolf cub over his first kill. Who says these big-shot law jerks ain't monkeys? The biggest! He's a lot of nothin'. Wind. See me stand him on his ear? And this is just for openers. Wait till I get goin' for real, not any of this kid stuff. . . .
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."He shuffled through the dummy dollars one by one, hunting for something. Anything!
Which excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2" would most likely cause reader uncertainty?
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2.""No sign of the original envelope?""No.""I found two boys with bills — in each case a single, too. David Strager and Joey Buell. No envelope."Louise's brows met.Ellery glanced up at the clock. 9:07.
Which element in "Object Lesson, Part 2" likely makes readers feel most anxious?
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."Ellery searched everything in the room, from the socket of the American flag to the insect-filled bowls of the old light fixtures, reached by standing on desks.Everything."It's not here!" whispered Louise in his ear.The Buell, Ruffo, and Strager boys were nudging one another, grinning."Well, well," Ellery said.
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."Ellery searched everything in the room, from the socket of the American flag to the insect-filled bowls of the old light fixtures, reached by standing on desks.Everything."It's not here!" whispered Louise in his ear.
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2.""But this morning's little job," Ellery turned suddenly to the red-haired boy, "you pulled by yourself, Joey."The thin boy quivered. "Who, me?""Yes, Joey, you.""You got rocks in your skull," Joey whispered. "Not me!""I'll prove it, Joey. Hand me the dollar bill I found in your jeans when I searched you."
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."And there it was. There it was!This strip had been cut from the top of the comic sheet. On the margin appeared the name of a New York newspaper and the date April 24, 1955.
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2.""No sign of the original envelope?""No.""I found two boys with bills — in each case a single, too. David Strager and Joey Buell. No envelope."Louise's brows met.Ellery glanced up at the clock. 9:07.He strolled over to her. "Don't show them you're worried. There's nothing to worry about. We have twenty-eight minutes." He raised his voice, smiling.
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