7) The story makes it clear that Owen is not a star player like George. Still,

the reader can infer that Owen is more capable than SOME of the

players from the fact that

der

haled

ed

eam,

A) he is allowed to handle the team's equipment.

ven,

the coach refers to him as "slugger" when talking to

him.

he is hungry for the kind of "adulation" that George

gets.

ter,

7. The

D)

the coach picks him to replace George in an

important game