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Read this excerpt from "Rules of the Game." A man who watched me play in the park suggested that my mother allow me to play in local chess tournaments. My mother smiled graciously, an answer that meant nothing. I desperately wanted to go, but I bit back my tongue. I knew she would not let me play among strangers. So as we walked home I said in a small voice that I didn't want to play in the local tournament. They would have American rules. If I lost, I would bring shame on my family. "Is shame you fall down nobody push you," said my mother. Which answer best summarizes this excerpt from "Rules of the Game"?

Waverly wins every chess tournament she enters but is dismayed when her mother keeps telling her to do better.

Waverly is scared about playing in her first chess tournament, but her mother's encouraging words give her courage.

Waverly tricks her mother by saying she doesn't want to play in a chess tournament, knowing this will cause her mother to make her play.

Waverly is proud of her chess skills and is annoyed that her mother keeps insisting that she is just lucky.

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