Question

read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. the jewelry box 1. on the first day of her freshman year, lauren searched frantically for the wood shop. she was very late, and everyone was already seated when she finally arrived. trying to find a seat while everyone watched was exactly the sort of attention lauren wanted to avoid. the room was full of students she recognized from her bus and she grew more uncomfortable. most of them were the boys who sat at the back of the bus, boys who looked thirty years old because they already had facial hair. these were the type who blatantly broke rules which always made her uneasy. she noticed jerry pickup, the bus ring - leader, in the back and she grew even more nervous. he had a reputation for moving around schools and was known for his meanness. he was always harassing people on the bus, and thus far shed avoided being a target. 2. everyone, including jerry, snickered quietly as they watched her take a seat in the back. after shed been sitting for a few minutes, listening to the teacher drone on, jerry, yelled, \look! her feet dont even touch the ground!\ after he said it, the whole class erupted in laughter because he was right, and without even noticing, shed been letting her feet swing back and forth like a toddler in a high chair. while lauren thought that anyone with the name jerry pickup, who looked thirty and had a scar under his right eye, should be embarrassed to be in high school, she kept her thoughts to herself. in paragraph 5, the word diligent means - a efficient b inattentive c meticulous d illustrated

Explanation:

The word "diligent" typically means hard - working, meticulous, and showing care and perseverance in one's work. Among the given options, "meticulous" which means showing great attention to detail and being very careful and precise is the closest in meaning.

Answer:

C. meticulous