This passage was written by a student at Greensburg Salem High School in an editoral column for the school newspaper, the Lions Den.

Teenagers have meaningful dreams

    Someone is coasting down the road and suddenly loses control of the car.  No, it’s not the latest episode of a soap opera.  Rather, it is a common scenario in the dreams of many GS students.  Sitting in the driver’s seat is symbolic of governing one’s own life.  Steering problems indicate that one is heading in the wrong direction.
    In support, junior Gina Lauffer was “attempting to steer a car and muzzle a venomous snake at the same time.  My car was dodging accidents, and I forgot to hold the snake’s mouth.”  This is an example of juggling too much and trying to control it all.
    Other instances placed the dreamer in the passenger seat.  Junior Jen Schuchman envisioned her mother at the wheel and, thus, “driving” Schuchman’s life.
    These two were part of a group of pupils asked to keep dream journals for a period of several weeks.  This “Dream Team” of nine adolescents recorded their subconscious experiences and gave them to The Lions Den staff.
    Some dreams, which often hold a deeper meaning that can surface in the interpretation, are the brain’s way of unscrambling life’s puzzles.  For example, senior Dave Koysza dreamed of peers telling him what to do, and authority figures criticizing him and failing because of another person.  These images might reveal the perfectionist facet of Koysza’s personality.  Possibly, he fears failure, whether this shortcoming stems from himself or others.
    Tic Tacs were the subject of senior Amber Pilon’s dream in which she moved the candies from many smaller boxes into one large receptacle.  In reality, she was trying to compile friends’ and relatives’ opinions as to which college she should choose.
    In another case, Schuchman dreamed of being enclosed in a casket. “Although for me, it wasn’t frightening.  In fact, it was kind of peaceful,” she stated.  At this time, she was frustrated with her life:  peers, school and existence in general.
    Senior Deana Karstaedt worked out friendship problems through her subconscious.  She dreamed that while visiting a friend she was left alone.  The friend trusted her to stay where she was, yet she disobeyed and stumbled upon something she shouldn’t have.  In the dream Karstaedt also broke the string off a lightbulb in this “forbidden room” which also held a Xerox machine.  In reality Karstaedt feels helpless and nervous about her relationship with this friend.
    Also, other dreams are a medium of organizing conscious situations.  They are compiled from recent or memorable events.  In senior Lindsay Cauffiel’s sleeping state, she envisioned a verbal fight with a close girlfriend when, in her waking state, she had a disagreement with this same pal.
    Nightmares, too, carry a great amount of significance.  Sometimes their purpose is to jolt the dreamer and, thus, bring their attention to a pressing subject.  When analyzed, nightmares often do not hold unpleasant omens.  Even times where the dreamer sees his own dead body do not necessarily indicate a physical death.  According to Mr. Malcolm Godwin, author of The Lucid Dreamer, the nightmare may indicate the demise of a bad habit or a negative aspect of life.
    Karstaedt had a near-death nightmare, viewing herself wounded by a gunshot.  Within the weeks following this, Karstaedt did not see bullets, but the end of several relationships.
    Sharks provided a scary experience for senior Megan Smith.  While at a marina playing with sea turtles, she forgot that sharks lurked in the pool.  Diving in to swim with the turtles, she was bitten by a shark.  This indicates something in her life that she believed to be benign was actually malignant.
    Some dreams are triggered by “conditions around the dreamer,” psychologist and author of Dream a Little Dream Dr. Lukid Beamer revealed.  Pilon dreamed that she was entangled in something and then awoke to find that she was wrapped in a string from her blanket.
    By recording and analyzing their dreams, these teens discovered a crucial but hidden part of their personality and life.  Becoming conscious of the subconscious is like a cleansing of the soul.
    According to Stanford University professor Dr. Richard J. Corelli, M.D., “the dream has been called the royal road to the unconscious.  A modern way of saying that would be that the dream is the window to the soul.  Dream interpretation will help you become a more focused and balanced individual.”

II. questions:
 
1. The word "compile" (line ~19) is used to mean

(A) Assemble
(B) Prepare
(C) Complete
(D) Utilize
(E) Destroy

2. The author of this passage most likely believes that:

(A) the future can be predicted through the interpretation of dreams.
(B) a person's dreams hold no correlation to the realities of his life.
(C) nightmares are an indication of a deep psychological scar.
(D) high school students have insignificant problems.
(E) dreams provide clues to what's on a person's mind.

3. Malcolm Godwin (line ~35) is most likely quoted because he