What is the passage mainly about?

A small act of waiting from a bus driver changes how Mira feels about a hard day. (The last paragraph states the point directly: a small thing, like a bus that waits, can make a hard day feel light. The other choices are not in the text.)

What time does the last bus come?

At eleven. (The second sentence says, "The bus comes at eleven.")

Why does Bo drive around the block two times?

He is giving Mira more time to reach the stop. (The text already says Bo waits two minutes when Mira is late. On this night she is very late, so driving around the block is another way of waiting for her.)

In "Bo nods," the word nods means that Bo:

moves his head down and up to mean yes (Mira says thank you and Bo answers without words. To nod is to move the head down and up to show yes or agreement.)

The Last Bus Home: Level 1 Reading Comprehension Questions

Mira takes the last bus home every night. The bus comes at eleven. She works at a small hotel. She cleans the front desk before she leaves.

The driver is an old man named Bo. He knows her face. He waits two minutes when she is late. He never says why. He just looks at the door and holds the bus.

One night, Mira runs to the stop. She is very late. The bus is not there. She sits on the bench and feels tired. Then she sees lights. The bus comes back around the corner. Bo opens the door. "I went around the block," he says. "Two times." Mira gets in. She does not know the right words, so she only says thank you. Bo nods. The bus moves.

Outside, the shops are dark and the street is wet. Mira looks at the window. She can see her own face in the glass. She is smiling. It is a small thing, she thinks. A bus that waits. But a small thing can make a hard day feel light.

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