You can. If I were you, I would try to use your character inner thoughts to try and start it off. You can do that by using italics. Here's an example:
(Based on a different show, Riverdale. I'm using the last sentence from your story to show you how it would work)
(...) I tried getting my arm free from underneath the bed. As I pulled, I was able to get my hand out. I was appalled, but grateful.
<em>How did that happen? </em>Betty thought to herself as she shook her head.
I hope you undertood that and that it helps.
Answer:
No one likes to read" The journal of higher education."
I think it would be "them"
They are rubric tools that state specific criteria that allow teachers and students to gather information and to make judgments about what students know and can do in relation and outcomes.
Hope this helps! :)