Part A What can be inferred about Mathilde's attitude toward the couple’s modest circumstances at the beginning of "The Necklace"? She values her comfortable home and loving husband more than material things. She is determined and believes one day she and her husband will be wealthy. She is grateful because she can always borrow from friends whatever she and her husband can't afford. She is dissatisfied because she values fine possessions over simple pleasures. Question 2 Part B Which sentence from "The Necklace" best supports the inference in Part A? "Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she threw the invitation on the table crossly, muttering, 'What do you want me to do with that?'" "And she answered, 'It annoys me not to have a single piece of jewelry, not a single ornament, nothing to put on. I shall look poverty-stricken. I would almost rather not go at all.'" "She threw her arms round her friend's neck, kissed her with great emotion, then fled with her treasure." "'Yes. You never noticed it, then! They were very similar.' And she smiled with proud and naive joy."