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. Which question should be asked when the poem is read at the FIRST LEVEL?

• A. Who attended the 25th high school reunion?
• B. What language is used in the poem?
• C. Why were their faces as sharp and pointed as the rocks?
• D. To what are the once-young students compared?