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Unable to sleep, I resigned myself to await his return by counting states. Miss Crocker had had a big thing about states, and I sometimes found that if I pretended that she was naming them off I could fall asleep. I decided to count the states geographically rather than alphabetically; that was more of a challenge.

—Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,
Mildred D. Taylor

How does Cassie feel about the problem she is experiencing?

She is frustrated about not being able to sleep.
She understands what she has to do to fall asleep.
She does not like counting the states alphabetically.
She thinks that Miss Crocker asks students to do too much.

1 answer

Cassie feels frustrated about not being able to sleep. While she does understand that counting states geographically is a method she can use to fall asleep, the context suggests that her inability to sleep is causing her discomfort.