Read the excerpt from A Girl Named Zippy. We tried a variety of hairstyles in those early years. The really short haircut (the Pixie, as it was then called) was my favorite, and coincidentally, the most hideous. Which words in the excerpt are clues that the story takes place in the past? variety of hairstyles; the most hideous was my favorite; really short haircut We tried a variety; coincidentally those early years; as it was then called