) I ' m sort of in shock , since I have n't exactly done a lot in the query department yet -- or anything , really , except mail the one letter . This is n't even the same agent that one of my readers knows . I had printed up the letter to mail to her before I even heard from the reader , so I sent it off last Friday . I heard from her on Monday ( the email was time - stamped 5:30 pm but I did n't read it until after 11 pm ) so she must have contacted me right away , after reading the query .

Question: Why is the narrator shocked by the query department ?
Answer: They cursed at her .They got back to her quick .They fired her .They refused to respond to requests .