Answer:
 the attitude of the writing is angry, sarcastic, or bitter? 
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<span>D)	water reading and book reading
The paragraph talks about how Mr. Bixby thinks the speaker is ready to learn water-reading at the end of the paragraph and at the beginning he talks about pretending to read the water as if it were a book.
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<span>Combining dazzling speculation with a profoundly humanist vision, this astounding alternate history tale presents a dramatic encounter with destiny wrapped around a simple yet provocative premise: the terrifying question of what might have happened if the fateful flight over Hiroshima had gone a bit differently. An extensive interview with the author, offering insight into his fiction and philosophies, is also included.
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A light because of the horrible memories that haunts her