QUES: ( note : often I ca n't stand Americans who pretend to know everything about Japan and Japanese people / culture , so I usually try to avoid acting that way myself , but for serious , really , I do feel like I have a bit of experience here ) . I enjoyed the previous Japan school visits I ' ve done , though , so I was looking forward to it . After some formalities from the principle , we went off to visit classes .

Question with options: What is the reason I ca n't stand Americans who pretend to know everything about Japan ?
ANS: None of the above choices .
QUES: This is the WORST mascara I have ever owned . It 's more like runny asphalt caulk . It 's sticky , it clumps up my eyelashes , and if I get it on my skin ( which pretty much ALWAYS happens because I suck at makeup ) it leaves ginormous smears that wear off over the course of a few face - washings . Also , it 's stark jet black , which looks really trashy on me .

Question with options: Why might the person wear mascara ?
ANS: None of the above choices .
QUES: Normally , you 'd expect someone who had a kind heart to adopt her , picking her off the streets . Well , it did happen , but not by someone with a kind heart . Rather , she was taken in by a queer man who brought her all the way to Aspio , her childhood home . Peacefully , she spent her days there , growing up under the tutelage of her new ' father ' , who 's massive library gave her much to do during her days there .

Question with options: How may she be feeling right now ?
ANS: Grateful
QUES: What I ' m trying to say is that they have reached such a distinction that they can , if they so choose , turn a corner onto a path that could easily lead to classical - pop stardom , as evidenced by their performance Thursday at the First Congregational Church in Berkeley . The program began with the premiere of Impressions , by Clarice Assad ( b. 1979 ) .

Question with options: What point of view is the speaker likely speaking from in this passage ?
ANS:
They are a scholar who studies the average lifespan of a band 's popularity