English LanguageComprehension and summaryJAMB

On the morning of her examination, Halima arrived at the CBT centre an hour early, clutching her registration slip as though it might blow away. The hall was already crowded with candidates, some revising from dog-eared notes, others staring blankly at the wall. When the doors opened, an official checked each face against a photograph and pointed candidates to numbered seats. Halima's computer flickered twice before the login screen appeared, and for one terrible moment she thought her chance had vanished with the electricity. But the generator roared to life outside, and the screen steadied. She read the first question three times before she understood it, and her heart sank. Then she remembered her brother's advice: 'Answer the questions you know first; the hard ones will still be there when you return.' She skipped ahead, found a comprehension passage she could manage, and felt her breathing slow. By the time the clock showed ten minutes left, she had answered every question and was checking her work. Walking out into the sunlight, she could not say whether she had done well. She knew only that she had not let panic make her decisions for her.

Halima 'clutching her registration slip as though it might blow away' suggests that she was

An AdmitMe practice question, written for the JAMB syllabus. Not an official past question.