Tell me what you want to do Q Read the excerpt from The

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Tell me what you want to do Q Read the excerpt from The Contest by Langston Hughes adapted from www ride ri gov Miss O Shay s calling her to the office had been in the nature of a preparation and a warning The kind elderly vice principal said she did not believe in catching young ladies unawares even with honors so she wished her to know about the coming award In making acceptance speeches she wanted her to be calm prepared not nervous overcome and frightened so Nancy Lee was asked to think what she would say when the Scholarship Award was conferred upon her a few days hence both at the Friday morning high school assembly hour when the announcement would be made and at the evening banquet of the Artist Club Nancy Lee promised the vice principal to think calmly about what she would say In this passage the word conferred means discussed