Question

in this excerpt from 8th grade superzero, reggie gives a speech urging his classmates to vote for him for student - body president. december 21 8:08 a.m. im like a boxer before the title fight. except im not in the ring. im in the auditorium. about to be front and center stage again. and the fight is against my own stomach. \you have your talking points, right?\ asks joe c. \do you want to go over them again?\ i hold up the two sheets of paper. \one: clarke was built on a mission and a message. two: we have not fulfilled them. three—\ \youre not going to just read the list like that, right?\ joe c. interrupts. \start with the we can do it stuff.\ \i thought the list sounded more take - charge,\ i say. \you told me i sounded like an infomercial before.\ what do the underlined sentences suggest that reggie is feeling? he feels angry and heated. he feels confused and lost. he feels nervous and sick. he feels relaxed and confident.

Explanation:

The underlined sentences compare Reggie to a boxer before a big fight, but note his "fight is against my own stomach"—a common metaphor for nervousness/physical discomfort from anxiety about speaking publicly. This matches the feeling of being nervous and sick.

Answer:

He feels nervous and sick.