Which statement best describes the voice of the character in the passage?
The voice is youthful and sad, using simple words
and phrases like "imagining" and "white straw hat."
The voice is serious and determined, using complex
vocabulary and complicated sentences.
The voice is urgent and worried, using short
sentences and action words like "ran" and "flew."
Read the passage carefully.
One afternoon I was watching TV, getting smart on The
Brady Bunch. Suddenly I looked up. He was gone. I
checked the halls on all five floors of the apartment
house. I ran to the street. He wasn't in the bodega or the
pawnshop. I called his name, imagining my mother's face
when she found out he'd fallen through a manhole or
been run over. I turned the corner, looking for the white
straw hat he always wore. Two blocks down I spotted it. I
flew down the sidewalk and found him standing in front
of a vacant lot, making gestures to a man with a shovel.
I took his hand, but he pulled me through the trash and
into the lot. I recognized the man with the shovel-he was
the janitor at my old school. He had a little garden
planted. Different shades of green leaves were coming up
in rows. Tio Juan was smiling and trying to tell him
something. The man couldn't understand him and finally
went back to digging. I turned Tio Juan around and led
The voice is sarcastic and angry, using dialect and
description in short sentences.