The best question for the reader to ask to draw a conclusion about Maritza's character based on the excerpt is "What does she say?" This question encourages the reader to consider Maritza's opinions and values as expressed in her dialogue, which reveals her perspective on fairness and recognition.
Read the excerpt from "It's Only Fair.”
"It’s only fair,” Maritza told her friend Avery as they sat in their empty classroom after school. "The first person to do a famous thing should get the most credit for it. I mean, how much do you hear about the second person to fly an airplane over the Atlantic Ocean? Or the second guy who landed on the moon?”
To draw a conclusion about Maritza’s character based on this excerpt, what is the best question for the reader to ask?
Who is she?
What does she do?
Where is she?
What does she say?
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