<p>the fathers handshake was full of emotion and just the right thing to do becuase they were both unused to physical contact and emotion.
The roomates hug made her feel very awkward. her arms were pinned to her sides but even if they weren’t she wouldn’t have known what to do with them, becuase she was so uncomfortable.
So it was caring and awkard.
And hse liked Harvard becuase her father told her about the traditions, and she was looking for traditions.</p>
<p>i thought she overheard him talking about the traditions at work or something…</p>
<p>it said that her father inadvertently turned her onto Harvard</p>
<p>I put from her father’s talk or something like that, it said that he told her about the history of it or something…and that intrigued her.</p>
<p>right those are separate questions…</p>
<p>1) she was intrigued by harvard because: it gave additional traditions</p>
<p>AND </p>
<p>2) she first heard of harvard from: her father’s talk about its history
Another choice was like from one of her books</p>
<p>Nah the one that killed me was, what was this book about?</p>
<p>The answers had nothing to do with the short story.</p>
<p>I picked A collection of different native american songs?</p>
<p>Yeah, I got a collection of different native american songs too.</p>
<p>is everyone sure that the answer to that question was “lifetime of caring…awkward and uncomfortable”? I remember debating about this one, finally going with the answer about “lack of affection…hug made her feel welcome” when I saw something in the passage about her roommate’s “warm” hug. The first response had too much of a negative reaction towards her roommate’s hug, I thought.</p>
<p>i put lifetime of caring/uncomfortable</p>
<p>it said in the passage that she and her father never showed affection physically. so the handshake didn’t “surprise her by the lack of affection”.</p>
<p>did anyone say that the answer to one of the questions was “father…lack of affection…roommate…welcome feeling.” I was debating between this one and the one everyone else sees to have put, finally circling the first one after reading something about her roommate’s “warm” hug. I just thought the other answer had too much of a negative response to the roommate’s hug.</p>
<p>sorry, didn’t mean to post that twice</p>
<p>umm…the answer for the what was the book “first spring?” about was in the passage. </p>
<p>I think it was a collection of songs showing relationships with the Puritans. The Puritans part was definitely in the answer</p>
<p>cjones, i put the same thing you did, lack of affection and welcome feeling</p>
<p>awkward was way too negative considering that the next sentence was how her father’s values were faiding and the new values of the school are comming alive.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure lack of affection versus welcome feeling is the answer.</p>
<p>the relationship b/w puritans and something</p>
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<p>no, can you tell me why?</p>
<p>She started looking at her roomate funny because she felt akward! What more do you want to know?</p>
<p>I put lack of affection and welcome feeling at first, but then when I rechecked I found something in the passage that specifically said she felt awkward about the roomate’s hug, and that she didn’t really know how to react b/c she wasn’t used to it. Also, the narrator said that the father clasping her hand was “just right” so it couldn’t be lack of affection.</p>
<p>the answer choice said that she was “surprised” by the lack of affection.</p>
<p>she described how her father wasn’t very emotional right beforehand. i wouldn’t call that surprised.</p>
<p>then, she described how she didn’t know what to do with her arms during the hug. awkward.</p>
<p>ah oh well, whoever gets a 36 on reading can tell us what was the right answer, arguing about it is pointless</p>