Question

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

The next morning I told Mom that I couldn’t go to school, because I was too sick. It was the first lie that I had to tell. She put her hand on my forehead and said, “You do feel a bit hot.” I said, “I took my temperature and it’s one hundred point seven degrees.” That was the second lie. She turned around and asked me to zip up the back of her dress which she could have done herself, but she knew that I loved to do it.

What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?
that his mom will worry about him
that his mom will trust him
that his mom knows he is lying
that his mom needs his help

Answer 1

that his mom will trust him

He lies about being too sick and about his temperature, expecting her to believe him and let him stay home.