4 I convinced my parents to get me a music device with headphones when I was eleven. When I was fifteen, I started going to conc
erts at indoor arenas and large amphitheaters. At the big concerts, you could always find me next to the speakers. A year later I was also going to all-ages shows at clubs—and you know where I'd park myself. After a concert or a club gig, I'd occasionally notice ringing in my ears afterward. But by the next day it would be gone. Yet that post-event ringing gradually got louder and louder, and it took longer and longer to disappear. Then one day last year I realized that the ringing was 24/7, except when I was asleep. I also had to face the fact that, more and more often, I was asking, “What did you say?” in conversations. Based on paragraph 4 of the passage, what conclusion can the reader make about the author?
a.
She was too young to listen to music with a large crowd.
b.
She still attends big indoor and outdoor concerts.
c.
She blames her parents for her hearing problems.
The action of Schaffer dismissing the sighting of smoke caused the fire to grow, for he did not bother to alert anyone else. Neither did he try to do something about the fire.
