But I saw her the other day and was shocked and yert over the moon to see her because she just walked round the corner and we just kind of bumped into each other . She had a baby just before she moved away when we fell out but now she 's moving back up for 2 years and her daughter has grown into an adorable little girl . : ) I ca n't wait to meet her daughter . OPTIONS:
- They are old friends .
- None of the above choices .
- They are doing a business deal .
- They are making money together .

A: Why is the narrator so excited to talk to his friend ?

Youngsters who thought they could take on the whole army and win , the ones who laughed loudly , jocked around and looked sheepish when an officer came to complain about the noise . Ratchet had seen them start fighting seriously , he had seen some of them die on the battlefield and later in the Medbay because it was too late . He had seen them dying in the hallways because they had been deemed doomed by the people in charge of triage . Oh , how he hated that ... Those that survived ... he had seen their optics becoming harder , their faces becoming blank , he had seen the jokes die on their lips . OPTIONS:
- How the joke , literally , died on their lips and they had never seen it coming .
- How those same young men were so carefree were then dying and injured soon after .
- None of the above choices .
- How the youngsters never knew how to fight seriously because joked too much .

A: What might Ratchet be trying to reconcile in the story ?

I never got while older guys like to hang out with little girls . I think i was annoying when I was 16 and drinking beer . Why does it still go on?Sigh . Today was good . Me and mike took DJ and yip yip to the Peace Rally at Jaycee park . OPTIONS:
- They believe that people of all ages should be free to hang out .
- None of the above choices .
- They believe that these relationships should still be allowed to go on .
- They believe that adults and teenagers should not have relationships .

A: What do you know about the speakers beliefs ?

Very black and very white . We had been separated . Eventually of course things got back to normal , or something like normal . Soon we were back sitting at each other 's tables again , sharing our meals and our jokes and our loneliness . OPTIONS:
- They view it as complicated .
- They view it as something with many shades of grey .
- They view it as in depth .
- They view it as straight forward .

A:
How does the narrator seem to view the situation they are currently in ?