C289 A Punishment

"Just fifteen minutes to go, folks—let's give it our all!" Philip urged the group.

Despite Philip's warning about the dwindling time, Hollie, Arizona, and the two other boys paused their work.

It wasn't that they were unwilling to tackle the questions; rather, the test's difficulty escalated with each question, demanding increasingly more thought.

Hollie, too, was stumped at question ten