Read the passage. In which two ways are the narrator and her friend Kim different? When I got to class, the teacher was nowhere to be seen. As I sat down, my best friend Kim came to my desk.
"Hey, did you do the math homework?" Kim asked.
"Yeah," I said, "My mom helped me with it."
Suddenly, the class, which was full of noisy students, fell silent. I looked up, but it was only Melanie entering the room. She was the most unpopular
student in our class. Like everybody else, I went back to ignoring her. But she came to my desk. In a small voice she said, "Please, c-can you help me
with the math homework?
I didn't say anything. I was so shocked. Finally I opened my mouth and said, "No."
The rest of the students began to giggle. Melanie looked crushed, and I began to regret what I had said. It wasn't that I didn't want to help her, but I
was afraid that she would want to hang out with me. I might become unpopular like her!
Suddenly Kim stood up. "Im not very good at math," she said. "But I can help you if you want. Both Melanie and I looked at her in shock. Kim had
already taken out her notebook. Smiling at Melanie, she handed it over
The narrator is friendly, Kim likes being alone.
The narrator cares about popularity; Kim does not.
The narrator is good at schoolwork, Kim is not
The narrator is cowardly: Kim is courageous.
The narrator is popular; Kim is unpopular,