Which statement best describes how the author of "A Widow's Burden" altered historical facts to tell her story? A. In reality, the problem of the inequalities experienced by Sarah could not be put right so easily
B. In reality, it would be difficult to prove that women had gained political power in less than fifty years.
C. In reality, it is unlikely that one woman's speech would be powerful enough to encourage Sarah to agree with her parents.
D. In reality, the women's movement did not improve the standard of living for women in the 1840s.

Which historical detail from the speech is also included in the story?
A. Women authors did not have full rights to their work.
B. A widow usually inherited only a small part of her husband's estate.
C. Married women had no legal rights and could not even sue someone.
D. Married women did not have any right to raise their own children.

Which two sentences from the passages best support the answer in Part A?)
A. "If a woman wrote a book the copyright of the same belonged to her husband and not to her." (passage 1)
B. "When the husband died the law gave the widow the use of one-third of the real estate belonging to him, and it was called the widow's encumbrance." (Passage 1)
C. "No married mother could have any right to her child, and in most of the states of the Union that is the law to-day" (passage 2)
D. "She and her girls could have coped, but a few months ago, her stepson Brad had shown up at her door, court order in hand." (passage 2)
E. "Being a woman meant she was only entitled to one third of her husband's property; her stepson was kind enough to let her keep the cabin and a small plot of land for a garden." (passage 2)
F. "She had done some mending for Mr. Molloy with the intention of earning enough money to buy back the plates and a chair or two but she'd had to spend the money on flour, sugar, and more pins." (passage 2)