Which statement most clearly conveys the author's position on the Electoral College? A) Fairness demands a restructuring of the Electoral College. B) In theory, this system should work, and it has worked—most of the time. C) It is time to graduate from the Electoral College and let the people decide. D) The number of members each state has in the Electoral College depends on its population.

C) It is time to graduate from the Electoral College and let the people decide.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

uncanny would be like unlucky or disaster. you can look for more in the dictionary or if you have text book then turn to a. 17 but it's different with textbooks.