Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.
CHARLIE
Who are them?
TOMMY
(very intently)
Whoever was in that thing that came by overhead.
Based on the stage direction, the reader should imagine Tommy as
O an excitable child.
O an angry child.
O a self-assured child.
O a confused child.

On her zoo blog, bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “all the categories came up, but then mine did! they said all these top actresses' names then my name! the guy said 'and the winner is . . ’ . . my heart stopped . . ‘bindi irwin! ’ i could not believe it, i won! i was amazed, in tears, i could hardly talk! i’ll never forget that great trip! ” what does the hyperbole in the excerpt the reader understand about bindi? she had a medical problem. she was extremely frightened. she became very excited. she won an important award.