A Good Place for Maggie by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman (excerpt)

The gas station attendant kicked a couple of tires. "Guess it’ll make it," he said. "But last I heard that road was bad. Watch yourself."

The old man’s words stayed with her as she drove up into the mountains. She began to feel shaky. This was the first time she had driven outside of Los Angeles. Still, last night she had poured over maps and written everything down; she knew exactly where she was going. So far, everything had been all right.

Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.

Read the excerpt. Then choose the correct way to complete the sentence.

The author uses the gas station attendant’s warning to create tension by foreshadowing that .

options:

a. Maggie may not be a good driver

b. the attendant does not think Maggie has enough gas

c. the attendant does