Part A

What inference can be made based on the information in paragraphs 1 and 2?

A.) The Tubman family does not want what happened to their sisters to happen to them.

B.) Tubman’s concern for her brothers’ safety causes them to change their minds about escaping.

C.) Tubman’s journey gave her the idea to build a hidden railroad to transport others.

D.) The Tubman family is being sold because they are no longer valuable to their owner as workers.

Question 2

Part B

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A.) “But they soon turned back when her brothers, one of them a brand-new father, had second thoughts.”

B.) “’There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven.’”

C.) “She made use of the Underground Railroad to go to Pennsylvania and to freedom.”

D.) “Tubman and her brothers decided to take their lives into their own hands and make the effort to stay together.”

An inference is "a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning." It's like a prediction of what you think will happen next, based on strong evidence from the text.

Question 1:

Options A, B, and D are already in paragraphs 1 and 2, and don't need to be inferred. So, we are left with option C.

After we have read this short story or paragraphs, we can infer that her journey gave her the idea to build a hidden railroad to transport others.

Question 2:

Our inference can be supported by the following text: “She made use of the Underground Railroad to go to Pennsylvania and to freedom.”

Hope this helps!