The prospect of swim class loomed like a shadow over my summer. My dad was planning a family vacation to a lake, but he said I had to learn to swim better first since I didn’t know how to do much more than dog paddle.

Question

When the first day of class arrived, I biked to the pool. A bunch of little kids went in the door ahead of me, and I thought, Great, I’ll be the oldest kid in class. Then, I saw Keith and Orion, two friends from school.

“Don’t tell me you have to take this boring swim class, too,” I said when I walked up. Keith rolled his eyes, and Orion smirked as we entered the locker room.

“I hope we at least get a cool teacher,” I said, but I wasn’t getting my hopes up. After
showering, we walked out to the pool. I nearly fell in when I saw our teacher, a tall and tan young man who looked very familiar.

“Hey,” I said, “you were in the Olympics, weren’t you? You won a gold medal!”

The young man smiled and nodded.

Wow, I thought, this might not be such a boring class after all!
Question

Which point of view is used in this passage?
Responses

A third personthird person

B first and second personfirst and second person

C first personfirst person

D second and third person

Answer 1

C first person