“We can’t tell them anything”, I said, without thinking.
This is proper because when a person says something in the novel these (“”) must be used to isolate their words.
Look at this example as well:
According to Abraham Lincoln, “America will never be destroyed on the outside”. This means _________
Answer:
D. Food trucks offer interesting, creative, and high-quality food.
Explanation:
Feminine because of the unstressed syllables.
Probably C or D but I recommend you try process elimination and just do the answer that BEST matches it