My First Day on the Job 1. In the story’s exposition, the narrator reveals that she wants to be a writer but does not know which kind of writer.

What does this detail foreshadow?

A. The narrator will have a long and difficult job search.

B. The narrator will encounter challenges as a journalist.

C. The narrator will decide which kind of writer she wants to be.

D. The narrator will be offered a job because of her strong writing samples.

2. Which excerpt from the story best supports the idea that the narrator admires the people she interviews the first day on the job?

A. “I wasn’t completely sure what I was supposed to be asking besides how the budget cuts would affect each school."

B. “I realized the answer was simple Reporter 101: Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?”

C. “It made me think that my new job as a reporter was going to be easy in comparison.”

D. “By the time I finished up, I’d gotten a crash course in interviewing and had received an interesting range of opinions about the budget cuts.”

3. Which excerpt from the story best supports the inference that the narrator is a competent writer?

A. “ . . . I’d taken up my boss on his offer and stayed at my part-time job through the summer after college.”

B. “He was happy with the few writing samples I’d brought to the interview and offered me the job on the spot.”

C. “ . . . I was sitting down with John, one of the executive editors of the newspaper chain, hearing all the daunting details of being a ‘cub reporter.’”

D. “I’d been an English major and wanted to be a writer, though I had no idea what kind of writer.”