Question

read the story: as they took their seats at the dinner - table, mama urged malik, \tell us about your meeting with the coach. how did it go?\ malik sighed. hed been named captain of his soccer team. what that meant was a lot of meetings with the coach about money. coach garcias idea of a fundraiser was the car wash they held last week. the team washed two cars and made $10. pathetic. theyd have to raise hundreds of dollars in the next month to replace their faded gray jerseys, and that seemed unlikely unless malik came up with a brilliant plan. the whole thing was a disaster. \good,\ malik said. based on the third, fourth, and fifth paragraphs, why is maliks one - word reply to his mother strange? it is contrary to maliks true thoughts. it shows that malik isnt worried about raising money after all. it interrupts the flow of the story.

Explanation:

Malik thinks the situation is a disaster as they need to raise a lot of money and the car - wash was not successful. But he says "Good", which is contrary to his true thoughts.

Answer:

It is contrary to Malik's true thoughts.