Engage Reader and Establish Context Practice Test

Which opening best engages the reader while establishing context and introducing the character? Opening 1: "I woke up. Things were normal. Then later it was weird." Opening 2: ""Don’t touch it," Jaden warned as I knelt beside the cracked fountain in our neighborhood park on Friday evening. The water had stopped weeks ago, but now it shimmered like it was lit from underneath. I reached out anyway, because curiosity always gets me in trouble."

The narrative opening says: “Hurry, Eli!” Grandma called as the church bells rang across our town square in 1918. Eli tightened his cap and followed her through the crowded street market, where soldiers’ letters were being read aloud near the fountain. He had never seen so many worried faces in one place, and he kept glancing at the newspaper boy. When the boy shouted a headline, Eli felt Grandma’s hand squeeze his shoulder. How does the opening introduce the main character and establish context?