Question

Shame is a bad thing, you know. It keeps you down. You want to know why I quit school? Because I didn't have nice clothes. No clothes, but I had brains.

—"A Smart Cookie,"
Sandra Cisneros

Which inference can you make about the mother based on why she quit school?

She preferred shopping to learning.
She did not think that she needed to go to school.
She was smarter than the other students when she was young.
She valued what people thought more than her education.

Answer 1

She valued what people thought more than her education.

Reason: The quote says she quit school because she didn't have nice clothes—shame about appearance and others' opinions, not lack of ability or desire, drove her to stop.