2.  Nicole improves her personal hygiene after her friend, Ricardo, tells her to bathe and wear clean clothes. Nicole passes the favor along by asking her teacher, Miss Jennings to discuss the issue in health class hwere Gabe (who also has poor hygiene) gets the message.

3.  Yes, it would be very difficult to discuss a friends poor hygiene because the friend might get upset.

4.  Because it was easier for her to get up the nerve to ask him over the phone than it would have been in person.

5.  He was spending nervous energy because he was worried that Nicole was upset with him.

6.  Gabe wanted to talk about his final hygiene grades because he was pleased with himself for having undergone serious self-improvements

7. Personal Hygiene BathingClothingDeodorantHairHands 5 19 1 6 8 10 17 4 7 9 12 18 21 2 11 13 20 3 14 15 16

8. A person who is not clean… Is musty and filthy Stinky! Not someone I want to sit with Dirty!