read the poem, 25th HIGH SCHOOL REUNION by Linda Pastan and answer the questions that follows. We come to hear the endings of all the stories in our anthology of false starts: how the girl who seemed as hard as hails was the girl who seemed as hard nails was hammered into shape, how the athletes ran Out of races; How skulls rise To the surface Like rocks in the bed Of a drying stream. Look! We have all Turned into Ourselves. After reading the poem at the THIRD LEVEL, which question should be asked?

• A. What were their transformations after 25 years?
• B. Who is speaking in the poem?
• C. What happened during the reunion?
• D. What is meant by the comparison under the skin/ our skull rise /to the surface/ like rocks in the bed/ of a drying stream”?