An inference question tests what you can conclude from the details in a text. Read the words before the blank to see what kind of ending you need. For a text about revisions, compare the problem described with what changed and what stayed the same. Then predict the smallest conclusion the clues support, using those details together. Check every part of a claim, because a reasonable guess can still reach beyond what the text tells you.
Hints
- Hint 1
Look for the early readers’ reason for objecting. What about Mina made the ending seem sudden to them?
- Hint 2
Connect the added scenes to the readers’ complaint. What do the added scenes suggest about why Ortiz revised the ending?
Step-by-step
From the complaint to the edits
Step 1Find what troubled the readers
Early readers said the ending felt sudden because Mina was especially close to her family. Why did those details clash? Telling them only a day before leaving didn’t fit that closeness, so we need to infer how Ortiz responded to the mismatch between Mina’s closeness and her announcement.
- Step 2
Connect the edits to the problem
What changes when Mina discusses the job over several weeks and receives their encouragement? She now involves her siblings and has their support, so leaving fits her closeness to them. Ortiz is still keeping Mina’s departure in the ending, so we can predict that the edits make the departure fit Mina’s character without changing her plans.
- Step 3
Test the choices against the edits
Which choices add changes Ortiz didn’t make? Changed Mina’s destination invents a new place, reject the job contradicts the departure, and removed Mina’s concern for her family doesn’t fit the added conversations. Feel more believable means the decision fits Mina’s character, which describes why Ortiz added these scenes. Choice C.