Question 1 of 5 Read the sentence below.
Planning our family reunion was sort of like putting together a puzzle
without knowing how many pieces there are or what the picture is
supposed to look like.
The analogy in this sentence connects two ideas in order to make the point
that planning the family reunion was:
O A. an experience that can never be captured in words,
B. a process that is difficult to explain to others.
O C. a complicated, time-consuming problem.
O D. an operation that was ultimately unsuccessful.

Read this passage: byron and mitch are co-captains of the mathletes, their high school's academic team. they are backstage with the five other team members, preparing to compete in the state math quiz. byron sits on the floor with his eyes closed and his earbuds in, listening to classical jazz, which him focus his mind and energy. suddenly, he feels a presence beside him. he opens his eyes to see mitch staring at him. "mathletes! mathletes! " mitch chants loudly. mitch gives byron a thumbs-up and then proceeds to strut around like a peacock, high-fiving the other team members, as byron shuts his eyes again and does his best to refocus his mind which statement best summarizes the passage?