And as I cried upon hearing the news - and receiving periodic updates as I took photos of the MoTown Christmas parade - that coworker was there to console me . It meant a lot , and it still does , knowing there are at least a few people here I can turn to despite not having known a single one of them just 15 months ago . Since moving to North Carolina in May 2007 - a whole four days after my college graduation - I ' ve come a long way . OPTIONS:
- I was friendly and extroverted with my colleagues and did my best to make friends because I was all alone out here
- I bought lunch for my colleagues all the time to try and make them like me and it worked out
- I had spoken to many of these people online for a while so we knew one another in some sense
- None of the above choices .

A: Why were you able to create friendships to have people to turn to ?

On the way upstairs , the contractions stopped , as did the spring in my step . Once we were checked in , we went to the triage room , which is where the doctor checks you and decides whether to admit you . The nurse gave me a hospital gown and hooked me up to a monitor , where it became clear to everyone that the contractions had slowed down considerably . The resident on call came in , the nurse briefed him on the events of the morning , he checked the printout , then checked my cervix . OPTIONS:
- Because they were ill and getting admitted to the hospital .
- None of the above choices .
- Because they were about to give birth .
- Because they needed to have surgery .

A: Why was the person suffering from contractions ?

I started going by Rae instead of Rachel shortly before eighth grade graduation . After all this , after my great escape and the opportunity to reinvent myself , my sister goes and gets herself killed . At the memorial service , these girls , who had just in the previous year relished every opportunity to see me cry , came up to me and professed their never - ending friendship . OPTIONS:
- Empathy
- None of the above choices .
- Sympathy
- Disdain

A: What are the girls trying to express

It was a half day today . I went home , ate lunch and had to go back up to softball . We ran . But before , I was talking to Dean . I told him once that I had a boyfriend . OPTIONS:
- So Dean would help her with softball .
- So Dean would make her lunch .
- So Dean would get the hint .
- None of the above choices .

A:
Why would the narrator drop that information to Dean ?