After the Final Buzzer

• ○A. People improve most when they keep their methods to themselves.
• ○B. A disappointing outcome can lead people to recognize other kinds of progress.
• ○C. People can avoid disappointment by choosing less demanding goals.
• ○D. A team's achievements matter most when other people reward them.

At Monday's meeting, no one mentioned entering another competition.Darius set the loose block on the practice mat.Selin slid the notebook between them.They changed the grip, lowered the speed, and recorded each test.

• ○A. It proves that their earlier work taught them few useful skills.
• ○B. It persuades the team to replace testing with faster construction.
• ○C. It reveals a weakness that Darius had dismissed before the round.
• ○D. It shows that the team should have copied the winning robot.

Their robot could collect foam blocks faster than any machine they had built before.Selin, who kept the test notebook, pointed to three unfinished entries.Each described a run when the robot had dropped a block during a turn.Darius closed the notebook.

• ○A. It suggests that Darius now gives learning the place he reserved for winning.
• ○B. It suggests that Selin has persuaded Darius to stop entering competitions.
• ○C. It suggests that the team considers its notebook a finished record of success.
• ○D. It suggests that Darius wants visitors to admire the team's equipment.

The empty space remained on the shelf.Darius put the test notebook there, leaving its cover open to a page of crossed-out guesses and new results."Until we need it," he said when Selin raised an eyebrow.Before leaving, he checked that a pencil rested beside it.

• ○A. Darius prepares a trophy space while Selin records tests. Their robot stops during the final round, and another team wins. A visiting student asks about the collector, and Darius explains its hinge.
• ○B. Darius's team loses because he foolishly ignores Selin's notebook. Fortunately, he finally becomes a better teammate. Their excellent testing plan proves that they deserved more recognition at the competition.
• ○C. A robotics team loses its final round and decides to stop competing. Darius helps a newer team build a collector. At the next meeting, the team stores its notebook and begins a different project.
• ○D. After expecting a trophy, Darius's robotics team loses when its robot drops a block. Darius initially dismisses their work, then shares what they learned and joins careful testing, giving their progress new importance.

As they packed, a student from a newer team asked how they had attached their block collector.Darius almost said they were busy.He recognized their own first design.Instead of closing the case, he lifted out the collector and explained where its hinge used to stick.

• ○A. The team returns to testing after losing the competition.
• ○B. Selin is the teammate readers should admire the most.
• ○C. Darius explains part of the robot to a newer team.
• ○D. The notebook takes the space intended for a trophy.

• ○A. At Monday's meeting, Selin slides the test notebook across the table.
• ○B. At Monday's meeting, the team wisely follows a much better plan.
• ○C. At Monday's meeting, Darius helps the team test and improve its turns.
• ○D. At Monday's meeting, the team prepares to win its next competition.