Question

read the passage.
whistling my worries away
it was the middle of the summer, and what was i doing? i was up at the crack of dawn, taking the bus across town to spend the day with a bunch of seven - year - olds. how did this happen? why hadnt i said no?
only a couple days earlier, i had been enjoying my usual, relaxed summer when the phone rang. my cousin luci—my favorite cousin—was almost in tears. “you have to help me!” she wailed when i answered the phone.
luci had been working as a camp counselor for the summer. “im the drama counselor,” she said. “i help the kids put on a skit for their parents at the end of camp.
how does the exposition function in this story?
○ it demonstrates why the narrator doesnt have a summer job already.
○ it introduces the narrator and the situation.
○ it provides background into the narrators experience with drama production.
○ it introduces the narrators complicated family relationships.

Explanation:

To determine the exposition's function, analyze the passage's opening. The exposition introduces the narrator's daily activity (spending time with seven - year - olds, taking a bus at dawn) and the situation (it's mid - summer, the narrator is reflecting on why they agreed to this, and then the cousin's call happens). Option A is incorrect as the passage doesn't focus on why the narrator lacks a summer job. Option B is incorrect as the drama production experience is introduced later by the cousin, not in the exposition. Option D is incorrect as the exposition doesn't introduce complicated family relationships. Option C accurately describes the exposition's role of introducing the narrator and the situation.

Answer:

C. It introduces the narrator and the situation.