“nice shot, vinnie! looks like you need to practice basketball more than math! ” dante joked. vincent chuckled as he walked home to study. as he reviewed the math rules, he occasionally glanced out the window and saw dante practicing jump shots. soon, dante was at the door. “haven’t you studied enough? ” he said. “let’s play! ” “i’d love to play,” vincent replied, “but tomorrow’s the quiz! you’d better study harder for it, or you’ll be sorry! ” “i’ll do fine. i’ve studied for it. see you tomorrow.” as dante walked home, he thought, “the teacher’s going to quiz us on only certain kinds of equations. i don’t need to learn all of the rules.” the following morning, students took the quiz. to dante’s surprise, almost all of the questions were about the rules! his heart sank. he regretted having spent so much time playing instead of studying. however, vincent was thrilled. he was the first one finished. he felt great for having had the sense to cut short his playing time to study. he had mastered the new math chapter! the theme of this passage is direct literary stated implied will you me come up with an answer.