Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"You just don't understand," she said, as Maggie and I came out to the car.

"What don't I understand?" I wanted to know.

"Your heritage," she said, And then she turned to Maggie, kissed her, and said, "You ought to try to make something of yourself, too, Maggie. It's really a new day for us. But from the way you and Mama still live you'd never know it."

In the excerpt above, what can the reader infer about Dee’s opinion of her sister?

She admires Maggie for preserving the family traditions.
She feels superior to Maggie because she is uneducated.
She feels sorry for Maggie because of her poverty.
She respects Maggie because of her resilience.

I'm going to have to go with She feels sorry for Maggie because of her poverty because of the line "It's really a new day for us, but from the way you and Mama still live you'd never know it." Sorry if i'm incorrect.

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-06-28T12:29:15+02:00

In the excerpt above, the thing that the reader can infer about Dee’s opinion of her sister is C. She feels sorry for Maggie because of her poverty.

What is an Inference?

This refers to the deductions that a person makes about something based on a given premise.

Hence, we can see that from the given narration, there is the use of dialogue to show the conversation which Dee had with Maggie and it was that she did not like how she lived and the inference that can be gotten is that she feels sorry for Maggie because of her poverty.