Breaks from the blue-black skin of the water, dragging her shell with its mossy scutes across the shallows and through the rushes the word "dragging” shows that a. the turtle is weak from swimming in the ocean. b. the turtle has an odd physical appearance. c. the turtle’s movements are awkward and difficult.

C. the turtle’s movements are awkward and difficult.

Explanation:

The verb to drag means pulling forcefully with difficulty. As a result, the turtle struggles to move because of her hard protective shell, which has thick bony plates on it, so the it moves slowly in not very deep waters and through the water plants.

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.