Chapter 51 First Place

• This year’s questions were several more times difficult than the previous year, so even Emily struggled to complete the test. There were a few questions in which she simply filled in without knowing the answers.
• Initially, she felt so distraught that she wanted to quit, but she knew that she couldn’t lose to Janet when the latter handed in her test paper early.
• The results were announced in the afternoon, so everyone in the meeting room felt nervous.