What fact would you select to support your understanding of "through the tunnel? "
in "through the tunnel," jerry does not feel as emotionally close to his mother as he does to his father.
in "through the tunnel," swimming through the tunnel is important to jerry because he wants to impress the older boys.
in "through the tunnel," jerry does not challenge himself.
in "through the tunnel," jerry does feel as emotionally close to his mother as he does to his father.

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house