 What best summarizes Matilda’s attitude?
Someone in Nebraska wanted to trade match books; someone in New York needed a midwestern pen pal, but it was a woman; an elderly man interested in ornithology wanted a young chick correspondent interested in the same subject; a young, personable man wanted an editorial position because he thought he had something to offer the editorial world; and— Matilda read the next one twice. Matilda congratulated herself for what she thought had been her ingenuity, and which now turned out to be something which she had in common with five other women.
 She’s naive, and a romantic who craves excitement.
 She’s too easily trusting of strangers and the unknown.  She is a lonely, unhappy person looking for an outlet via the Pen Pals column.  She’s naive, and doesn’t understand relationship.s  She’s naive, and a romantic who craves excitement.