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One, two, three, four, five . . . , Carla repeated over and over again in her head. She was sitting in the driveway holding on to the steering wheel for the past half hour. You can do this. She caressed the steering wheel one more time, adjusted the rear view mirror once again, and started counting out loud. "One," she said as she thought about her only best friend, Anyuta, whom she missed a lot. "Two," Carla uttered the number of road trips she took with her family and Anyuta. "Three," she pronounced the number of times Anyuta went back home for the holidays since she had come to her hometown as an exchange student. "Four," Carla said, recalling the number of secrets she had only shared with Anyuta.
Carla tried to remember which foot hits the accelerator and which foot presses on the brakes. She tried to think of all the things Anyuta would have said to encourage her and slowly turned on the ignition. After wiping down a few tears, she checked the manila envelope with information about Mothers Against Drunk Driving to send to Anyuta's mother. Carla tried to forgive herself once again for taking Anyuta to the formal dance in their high school, which she did not want to attend in the first place. But she could never forgive the intoxicated driver who hit the passenger side of her car that night. One, two, three, four, five . . . , Carla repeated and slowly drove to her high school where she was going to be speaking at the memorial program. As she watched a bird fly across her windshield, she knew just what she was going to be saying. She was going to ask her peers to respect life in every waking moment—especially behind the wheels. Her grip behind the steering wheel was getting stronger.
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Based on the evidence in this passage, Carla can be best described as
A.
generous.
B.
hasty.
C.
disrespectful.
D.
sentimental.

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D. sentimental.

The passage shows Carla dwelling on memories of Anyuta (recounting trips, secrets, times together), crying and emotionally preparing a memorial speech—all evidence of a sentimental, nostalgic state.