Question

Read the excerpt from "Raymond's Run.”

"Well, Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker, going to give someone else a break this year?” I squint at [Mr. Pearson] real hard to see if he is seriously thinking I should lose the race on purpose just to give someone else a break... "That new girl should give you a run for your money.” He looks around the park for Gretchen like a periscope in a submarine movie . . . I give him such a look he couldn’t finish putting that idea into words. Grownups got a lot of nerve sometimes.

The narrative voice in this passage allows readers to make a judgment about

Gretchen.
Mr. Pearson.
the race.
the park.

Answer 1

Mr. Pearson.

The narrator’s tone and reactions (squinting, giving him a look, calling grownups “a lot of nerve”) show disapproval of his suggestion, letting readers judge him.