easy · Enhanced ACT reading
Read the passage, then answer the question.
Maya had practiced her speech a hundred times in front of the bathroom mirror, but standing now at the podium, the words scattered like startled birds. The auditorium lights were hotter than she had imagined, and the faces in the front row blurred into a single watchful mass. She gripped the edges of the lectern, took one slow breath, and reminded herself that she had survived worse than a room full of strangers.
It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that, at the podium, Maya feels:
- bored by the speech she has already rehearsed so many times before.
- nervous but determined to push through the difficult moment.
- confident because her rehearsals have fully prepared her for the event.
- angry at the audience members seated in the front row of the room.
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