
What do the repeated italicized words “bang-bang-bang-bang-bang” in both paragraphs 1 and 5 emphasize?
In paragraph 2, what does exhume mean?
Which quotation best suggests that Kevin probably feels increasing pressure from external expectations?
How are paragraphs 8 through 10 important to the development of the plot?
Why does the author include the extended flashback in paragraph 1?
What does the narrator suggest about Kevin in paragraph 3?
Read this quotation from paragraph 7.
Based on the quotation, the reader can infer that Kevin feels —