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Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death. . . .%0D%0A%0D%0AShe did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her. . . .%0D%0A%0D%0AShe knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin%0D%0A%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0AUse the passage to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhich detail can be inferred from this passage that is not explicitly stated?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AMrs. Mallard has had difficulty controlling her emotions in the past.%0D%0AMrs. Mallard has had difficulty controlling her emotions in the past.%0D%0A%0D%0AMrs. Mallard’s heart problems were caused by stress from her marriage.%0D%0AMrs. Mallard’s heart problems were caused by stress from her marriage.%0D%0A%0D%0AMrs. Mallard was not happy in her marriage to her husband.%0D%0AMrs. Mallard was not happy in her marriage to her husband.%0D%0A%0D%0AMrs. Mallard had hoped to spend many good years with her husband.

Answer 1

The detail that can be inferred from the passage that is not explicitly stated is:

**Mrs. Mallard was not happy in her marriage to her husband.**

This inference is supported by the way she envisions a future that belongs to her "absolutely" after her husband's death, suggesting that she feels a sense of freedom. While the passage does not directly mention her happiness or dissatisfaction in the marriage, her reaction indicates that she has complex feelings about her relationship. The other options either restate information in the passage or make assumptions that are not clearly supported by the text.