8th Grade Reading Quiz
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The kitchen smelled like burnt toast. Mr. Han set two plates down with careful, quiet movements.
Lena stared at the permission slip on the table. "Everyone's going to the overnight science camp."
Mr. Han didn't sit. "And everyone's parents are not me."
Lena's cheeks flushed. "It's at the university. There are chaperones. It's not—"
"It's overnight," Mr. Han cut in. His voice was calm, but his hands kept smoothing the same wrinkle in the tablecloth. "Last time you went somewhere without me, you didn't answer your phone for three hours."
"I was in the planetarium," Lena said. "There's no signal."
Mr. Han finally looked at her. "Then you understand why I don't trust 'no signal.'"
Lena pushed the slip toward him. "So you're punishing me for learning?"
Mr. Han's eyes narrowed. "I'm protecting you."
Lena swallowed. "If you don't sign it, I'll tell Ms. Ortega you said no because you don't think I can handle it."
Mr. Han's mouth tightened. "That's not what I said."
Lena stood up, chair scraping. "But it's what it sounds like."
Question: Which choice best explains what Lena's line, "If you don't sign it, I'll tell Ms. Ortega you said no because you don't think I can handle it," accomplishes in the scene?
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