Twelve questions on the quarter of the reading test that is fiction. A waiting room, a bus depot, a repair shop at closing time: what a character wants…
12 questions • Zestly
• In a quiet hospital waiting room, Elias sat staring at the clock. Every time the nurse walked past, he gripped the armrests of his chair…
• Sarah's bus was called twice while she stood at the depot window, watching the rain smear the neon sign outside. She read the destination…
• Two mechanics, Joe and Mike, stood over a dismantled engine. Joe wiped his hands on a rag and said, 'I guess we just leave it for…
• The night shift at the warehouse was always the same. Clara moved through the aisles, her flashlight beam dancing over crates. She didn't…
• The kitchen was a tomb, silent and cold. Arthur sat at the table, his coffee long since turned to ice in the mug. He watched the dust motes…
• The old repair shop was a graveyard of rusted gears and broken dreams. Tools lay scattered like bones across the workbench. What does the…
• Maria stood in the doorway, her suitcase packed. 'I can't stay here and watch you throw your life away,' she said, her voice trembling…
• The bus depot was crowded, but the flickering fluorescent light over the bench made the space feel isolated. A man sat alone, reading a…
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