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BAsed on her actions in the story, what can the reader infer about the old woman?

• She is disappointed in the young men's behavior

• She wants to teach the young men a lesson

• She is a good judge of other people's character

• She wants the young men to get in trouble

Which sentence supports your answer?

• In the many years of her life she had become a good judge of character, and she had noticed the rascally look in the young men's eyes

• She saw everything the young men did

• Later that night, when the young me were sound asleep, the old woman crept from her room.

• Then she wrapped an adobe brick in the shirt and put it in the traveling bag.

The coversation between the old woman and the young men in paragraphs 11-18 shows that the young men...

• feel no remorse for stealing the old woman's ham

• begin to regret their decision to steal the ham

• do not find humor in the situation before them

• believe their dreams justify the theft of the ham

The author uses the phrase "better be on her guard" in paragraph 9 to show that the old woman...

• knew the men were dangerous

• knew the men could not be trusted

• was used to guarding her possessions

• was afraid of the two young men