“Answer Question 4 now,” he said softly.
The listening room smelled of old carpet and anxiety. Mavis stared at the cover of Developing Skills for HKDSE Book 4 , her finger trembling over – the answer key her classmate, Jason, had secretly photocopied from the teacher’s edition.
Mavis froze. The answer she had memorized – 2:15 p.m. – was wrong. The real answer was 3:00 p.m. because the first speaker had changed their availability.
