:)) Question 1
In the story Little Women, one family brings breakfast to another on Christmas morning. Read this passage and then answer the question that follows:
Mrs. March gave the mother tea and gruel, and comforted her with promises of help, while she dressed the little baby as tenderly as if it had been her own. The girls meantime spread the table, set the children round the fire, and fed them like so many hungry birds, laughing, talking, and trying to understand the funny broken English.

What implicit meaning can you find about the children from this text? A)The children made noises like infants, as they had not yet learned to speak properly.
B)Mrs. March and her girls cared about giving help to the mother and her children.
C)The girls and Mrs. March thought the woman and children were like little birds.
D)The woman ate for the first time in many weeks and began to feel better.

Question 2
In the story Little Women, one family brings breakfast to another on Christmas morning. Read this passage and then answer the question that follows:
A poor, bare, miserable room it was, with broken windows, no fire, ragged bedclothes, a sick mother, wailing baby, and a group of pale, hungry children cuddled under one old quilt, trying to keep warm. How the big eyes stared and the blue lips smiled as the girls went in. "Ach, mein Gott! It is good angels come to us!" said the poor woman, crying for joy.
What implicit meaning can you find about the sick woman and her children from this text?
A) The mother did not know how to start a fire.
B) The mother's illness made her children hate her.
C) The mother was unable to provide for their needs.
D)The mother and children lived in an abandoned building.

Question 3
In the story Little Women, one family brings breakfast to another on Christmas morning. Read this passage and then answer the question that follows:
A poor, bare, miserable room it was, with broken windows, no fire, ragged bedclothes, a sick mother, wailing baby, and a group of pale, hungry children cuddled under one old quilt, trying to keep warm. How the big eyes stared and the blue lips smiled as the girls went in. "Ach, mein Gott! It is good angels come to us!" said the poor woman, crying for joy.
What explicit meaning can you find about the sick woman and her children from this text?
A) The father of the children left the family.
B)The children were cold and had not eaten.
C) The family bringing gifts pitied the children.
D) The woman would soon die from her illness.

Question 4
In the story Little Women, one family brings breakfast to a cold and hungry family on Christmas morning. Read this passage and then answer the question that follows:
My girls, will you give them your breakfast as a Christmas present?" They were all unusually hungry, having waited nearly an hour, and for a minute no one spoke, only a minute, for Jo exclaimed impetuously, "I'm so glad you came before we began!" "May I go and help carry the things to the poor little children?" asked Beth eagerly. "I shall take the cream and the muffins," added Amy, heroically giving up the article she most liked. Meg was already covering the buckwheats, and piling the bread into one big plate. "I thought you'd do it," said Mrs. March, smiling as if satisfied.
What can you infer about Mrs. March from this text?
A) She pretended her girls could choose whether to help.
B) She assumed her girls had already eaten breakfast.
C) She expected her girls to help the other family.
D) She thought her girls would not want to help.
Question 5
In the story Little Women, one family brings breakfast to another on Christmas morning. Read this passage and then answer the question that follows:
A poor, bare, miserable room it was, with broken windows, no fire, ragged bedclothes, a sick mother, wailing baby, and a group of pale, hungry children cuddled under one old quilt, trying to keep warm. How the big eyes stared and the blue lips smiled as the girls went in. "Ach, mein Gott! It is good angels come to us!" said the poor woman, crying for joy.
What can you infer about the sick woman and her children from this text?
A) They were expecting the visitors and had been waiting.
B) They were frightened by the visitors and tried to hide.
C) They were angered by the arrival of visitors with gifts.
D) They were surprised but grateful to see their visitors.

Question 6
What does it mean to make an inference?
A) To converse directly with the reader through text
B) To write with many explicit messages throughout
C) To help a person read a difficult piece of writing
D) To figure out the hidden meaning of a text
Question 7
What is explicit meaning?
A) The hidden meaning
B) The obvious meaning
C) The popular meaning
D) The unpopular meaning

Question 8
What is implicit meaning?
A) The hidden meaning
B) The obvious meaning
C) The popular meaning
D) The unpopular meaning