Question

Raina sat with her head in her palms, weeping mournfully. As she sobbed, her cell phone beeped. Her hand ran into her purse and her heart fluttered. The text message was from Connor. She opened up the message and read the few bare words, "I need to get my jacket back from you." Raina threw her head back and continued crying.
Which statement about the passage is an inference?
A. Raina has a cell phone.
B. Connor wants his jacket back.
C. Raina received a text message.
D. Raina and Connor broke up.

Answer 1

D. Raina and Connor broke up.
It's the only option that isn't specifically answered within the passage, which makes it, by definition, an inference.

Answer 2

Answer:

The best answer to the question: Which statement about the passage is an inference, would be, D: Raina and Connor broke up.

Explanation:

An inference is literally what is found and can be read between the lines. What is subtly part of the message but not directly stated. In this excerpt, when we hear about Raina and the fact that she is crying, and then we hear that she received a message from Connor, with the bare words: "I need to get my jacket back from you", we get a sense of coldness, of almost indifference, and we understand that something bad is going on between them. The taking back of things from Raina means a break up, something that is ending, and the removal of all that will remind them of a committment. This is why the answer is D.