Remember that an inference is information given in a story that is not directly stated by the author, but it is still very important in order to understand a story. place a checkmark next to each inference the reader needed to make in order to understand "the cask of amontillado":
montresor and fortunato are wearing costumes because it is carnival time.
one reason montresor is wearing a costume is to be sure no one recognizes him when he is walking back to his house with fortunato.
fortunato was a competitive person because he got jealous when he thought luchesi was going to taste the amontillado.
montresor leads fortunato down into the catacombs where many people were buried.
montresor and fortunato were down in the catacombs until midnight.
montresor was upset because fortunato had seriously offended him and wanted revenge.
no one ever found fortunato, who montresor buried alive down in the catacombs.
montresor kept giving fortunato wine because he knew he could not resist it and wanted fortunato to keep following him.
what are the answers? ( btw its not one answer )

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