Question

using details to support inferences in a literary text — instruction — level e
music up until bass strings thumped, cymbals hissed, and
guitar strings squealed like they were having a
conversation with each other. mom says my music is a
racket, but to me its like the theme music to my life. and
its always helped me concentrate.

i ripped a page out of a magazine, then squeezed my
fingers inside the blue plastic holes of an old pair of school
scissors. it was a little too close for comfort, but my real
scissors, the ones made of steel with a black handle, were
packed away, and ____ had to get this done. it was
now or never.

he
i
we

Explanation:

The text is written in first-person perspective, as shown by previous uses of "my" and "I". The blank needs a first-person subject that matches the narrator's consistent point of view.

Answer:

I