Directions: Read each passage and then respond to the questions. Each question will ask you to make a logical inference based on textual details. Explain your answer by referencing the text.
Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was "presentable," as Alice had often said.
1. What type of job does Paul work? Paul works some kind of job that requires him to get dirty: ditch digger, miner, laborer, etc.
How do you know this?
Paul's clothes are muddy everyday.
2. Describe Alice : Alice is a very clean person with a good deal of control over the household.
What in the text supports your description?
She requires Paul to follow a cleaning procedure and she inspects him.
3. What relationship do Paul and Alice have? They are husband and wife or mother and son
Why do you feel this way?
Either can be supported.