Question

theme
excerpt from pretty little liars
by sara shepard
imagine its a couple of years ago, the summer between seventh and eighth grade. youre tan from lying out next to your rock - lined pool, youve got on your new juicy sweats (remember when everybody wore those?), and your minds on your crush, the boy who goes to that other prep school whose name we wont mention and who folds jeans at abercrombie in the mall. youre eating your cocoa krispies just how you like em - doused in skim milk - and you see this girls face on the side of the milk carton. missing. shes cute - probably cuter than you - and has a feisty look in her eyes. you think, hmm, maybe she likes soggy cocoa krispies too. and you bet shed think abercrombie boy was a hottie as well. you wonder how someone so... well, so much like you went missing. you thought only girls who entered beauty pageants ended up on the sides of milk cartons. well, think again.
which lines from the text makes the missing girl situation feel more real? select two options.
a the summer between seventh and eighth grade
b probably cuter than you
c maybe she likes soggy cocoa krispies too
d youve got on your new juicy sweats
e how someone so... well, so much like you went missing.
what is the theme?
a facing a sudden identity crisis.
b dealing with the forces of good vs. bad.
c the sadness in the destruction of beauty.
d how scary it can be to face reality.
short answer: what text evidence supports your answer choice for the theme?

Explanation:

For the first question, options E directly mentions someone like the narrator going missing, making the situation real. Option C adds a personal - like detail about the missing girl's possible preference, enhancing the reality. For the theme question, the text focuses on the shock of a girl similar to the narrator going missing, which relates to facing reality. The evidence for the theme is the description of the narrator's normal life before being confronted with the missing girl situation.

Answer:

First question: E. how someone so... well, so much like you went missing., C. maybe she likes soggy Cocoa Krispies too
Second question: D. How scary it can be to face reality.
Short Answer: The description of the narrator's ordinary summer life (lying by the pool, thinking about a crush, eating Cocoa Krispies) and then the sudden realization of the missing girl who is like her.