Question

Use the paragraph to answer the question. Which inference can be made about the setting? (1 point)

The park was eerily silent, the usual charter of birds placed by an empty house that hung in the air fine slavery miss curled up from the water people on the walking path move quickly their hands buried deep in their pockets or clutching steaming cup of coffee, their breath puffing, visibly with each hurried step the fountain at the parks center set still a thin crystalline film stretched taut across its surface, like fragile glass


Responses There is a heat wave There is a heat wave People are at a carnival People are at a carnival It is unusually cold outside It is unusually cold outside The scene takes place at a school

Answer 1

The inference that can be made about the setting is: **It is unusually cold outside.** The descriptions of people clutching steaming cups of coffee, their breath being visible, and moving quickly with their hands in their pockets suggest that it is cold outside.