 What best describes Eddie's character?
Eddie Taylor would like to have finished it, but the bar of morning sunlight poking in under the window shade pried his eyes open. Eddie found it easy to believe the stories he had heard about his father being an outstanding football player in his time. “You may use the Geiger counter any time you want, Eddie,” Mr. Taylor said, “as long as you take good care of it. But, from what I hear, there are plenty of rock formations. Still, one clue is as good as another when it comes to hunting uranium ore, I guess. In fact, anything having to do with atomic science excited him. You couldn’t have a father who was head of the atomic-science department at Oceanview College without picking up a little knowledge along the way. Eddie knew that a radioisotope was a material which had been “cooked” in an atomic reactor until it was “hot” with radioactivity. When carefully controlled, the radiation stored up in such isotopes was used in many beneficial ways. One reason for asking that particular question was to keep from prying deeper into the subject of the radioisotope. His father usually volunteered any information he wanted known, so Eddie stuck to questions which could and would be answered. It took Eddie over an hour to sort out the newspapers and magazines in the garage, tie them in neat bundles, and place them out on the front curb for the Goodwill pickup. The taffy-colored cocker spaniel yipped wildly over his freedom, racing back and forth as Eddie started down the street. 20 Eddie went inside and followed Teena to the kitchen. They had been ever since Eddie’s family had moved to Oceanview and his father had become head of the college’s atomic-science department. Teena’s father was chief engineer for the Acme Aviation Company, one of the coast town’s largest manufacturing concerns. At various rock mounds and outcroppings, Eddie switched on the Geiger counter. A slow clicking came through the earphones, but Eddie knew these indicated no more than a normal background count. There were slight traces of radioactivity in almost all earth or rocks. It was in the air itself, caused by mysterious and ever-present cosmic rays, so there was always a mild background count when the Geiger counter was turned on; but to mean anything, the needle had to jump far ahead on the gauge, and the clicking through the earphones had to speed up until it sounded almost like bacon frying in a hot skillet. 24 After putting Sandy on his long chain and filling his water dish, Eddie went in the back door.
 He has a deep appreciation for nuclear science.
 He has a deep appreciation for nuclear science.  He is boy who often gets into trouble.  He tries to act older and more intelligent than he is.  He tries to copy everything his father says, does, and feels.