Based on the passage above and the role of women in society at the time, what can you infer is the author’s intended meaning of the first line: “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”?

science.

modern problems require modern solutions.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

answer:

a. "there, said he, there is something for you."

explanation:

"said he" should not have been part of what is in the dialogue.