Question

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

After what seemed like forever in the car, they stopped and walked out into an empty field. “What is here?” she said. He said nothing, but pointed up, and so she looked up. Up seemed so much darker than where they lived. “Why are there sparkles all over the sky?”
He snorted, then replied, “Those are stars. They are just like the sun, but they are so far away that they look small. Like you!”
What does the dialogue in the excerpt reveal about both characters?

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Responses

One likes car rides, and one does not.
One likes car rides, and one does not.

One is a young child, and one is an adult.
One is a young child, and one is an adult.

They are both smaller than other people.
They are both smaller than other people.

They both like studying the stars in the sky.

Answer 1

One is a young child, and one is an adult.

The child's question and simple misunderstanding about stars shows youth, and the other character's explanatory response indicates an adult.