question: Thank you for not helping at all , mom . ) And I still have n't finished moving the furniture I wanted to move -- both at home and at work -- since I declared the rest of Monday a wash ( thank goodness there was ice cream in the freezer ! ) and then felt guilty the next day and spent the next three days ( minus all the time spent Tuesday morning sitting in the driver 's licanse office AGAIN ) working on lecture prep .
Q: Why has the narrator chosen to put off moving their stuff for so many days ?

answer: None of the above choices .

question: I made the mistake , however , of telling Dad about it . There was no turning back after that . When I talked about backing out of it , he would just say , " Hey , it 's up to you , " but with a deliberate look that said , " Failure is part of success . Do n't give up . " I knew that I would be letting him down if I did n't try , and the thought of disappointing him was unbearable to me .
Q: What does the father 's look tell the narrator ?

answer: That he wants her to keep trying .

question: It started , I guess , in pre - school , when my best friend fell for a snotty five years old Adonis named Philip , and completely lost her marbles . Literally : she gave all that she had that was best of round blue ones , glassy orange ones and those hard metal balls that were the most treasured to the man , in an attempt to win his heart . Me , I could only stand by and deplore her loss of composure .
Q: Why did the girl give her marbles to the boy upon deciding she was interested in him ?

answer:
She was giving him her most prized possession , to show that she really cared