A funny, intriguing story commences

I read books. Really, i do. You would know this if you spent more than a minute speaking to me. If i go over a minute without out-nerding myself one way or another, i am on a roll*. However, as always, exceptions must be made.
CONFESSION: Last night, i did not read all of the assigned Great Expectations reading. I gave it a good deal of thought, which i feel should count for something, but i did not read all the way through Stage Two. I really do like Charlie-D's novel, i think its funny in ways that others (STEPHANIE) do not understand**. I just didn't have enough time to finish the whole bit. So i read all but 50 pages (woops) and Spark-notes-ed the rest. My bad.

SURPRISE! A quiz over all of Stage Two in Harbie's First Period, Honors English Class!! YAY!!!! It actually wasn't a huge-normous surprise. Just a baby one. Nonetheless, i felt some apprehension before taking the 15-multiple-choice-6-essay-question quiz. I'm sure you can relate.

BIGGER SURPRISE!! I actually got it! The multiple choices were a breeeeeze, even without the help of Sparky Note. And the essays weren't SO bad, just about disappointment, quotes, and -who saw it coming?- that ever-present Loss Of Innocence.

UNTIL: Wait, what's this?!?! A quote i don't recognise? From the bit i didn't read?!? Unthinkable!!!! HOW DARE HE?
I was faced with limited options. 1)Leave it blank. {Really? That's how low i've sunk? No, Maddi will never leave a question BLANK. Unless those are the directions. Or i'm trying to make a statement.} 2)Completely bull-pants an answer out of nowhere, but with utter confidence, so as to convince even the faintest of hearts. {Ummm, i don't have the *chutzpah*} 3)Be totally smarmy and snarky. {Again, lack of confident swagger and courage. But with a more positive connotation.} 4) JUST GUESS! {But what if i'm WRONG?!?} 5)A combination of numbers 2,3, and 4. But with some self-depreciating humour tossed in. {Really, why not?}

Guess which Yours Truly chose?

I wrote down (and i quote): "I unfortunately fail to recall reading this quote. However, if i were to hazard a guess as to who did indeed say it, i would say...." And i went on to bumble a little bit. Quite aimlessly.
I walked sheepishly up to the front of the room. I turned it in.
In my mind, this is the ultimate act of rebellion. Ish.

As soon as my tail-bone hit the hard blue chair at my desk, i whipped out Good Old Expectys to see who (whom?) really said that.
Without meaning to, i opened directly to the page in question, immediately saw the quote.

FURTHER SURPRISES!!!!: I was right. 100% (give or take a teensy bit) right. Really. Person, time, place, speaking to whom, placement of the moons. I just stared for a little bit. Complete and utter disbelief.
Allow me to be Frank (Or Georgie?) when i say how much i DID NOT KNOW the answer. REALLY A HUUUGE LOT. I smiled a whole lot at that moment.

Now i am just left wondering if i should maybe have leaned entirely towards option number 2 and gotten full-credit. I'm sure i'll get something marked off in the current state for "unsuredness" or the like. Ah, well. One miracle per day.
Or something.




*It should be known that if i don't out-nerd myself in the ways of literature, i'll probably have done it with pointless music trivia. Case in point: In the U.K., they call eight-notes "crotchets". heheee.
**Definitely a discussion-worthy topic. *tucks away*