Inferences Exercise 6

Read each passage and then choose the two logical inferences from the choices at the end. Choose if a statement is logical, not logical, or if there is not enough information to make a logical reference. If a statement is chosen as logical, think of two sentences used to support your choice.

¹In the small midwestern town of approximately 5,000 people, all the residents were of European descent. ²Their ancestors from Germany and Sweden had settled the area and worked hard to farm the land. ³The Native Americans who had lived there first did not adapt to the farmers' ways, and they had been forced to live on a near-by reservation. ⁴The Europeans had battled the harsh winters and hot, humid summers and survived. ⁵They had built churches and a small school with their own hands. ⁶Everyone was related in some way. ⁷In their minds, they owned the little world they had created in America.

⁸The Native Americans ventured to the local store to buy liquor that the residents gladly sold them. ⁹It was against the law for alcohol to be sold on the reservation. ¹⁰The Native American children attended the school on the reservation. 11Everyone in this area seemed to know the rules for behavior.

¹²Therefore, when an African American family moved to the little town, the residents were upset. ¹³At first, they said nothing openly, but they were quietly angered that their tightly knit community of people had changed. ¹⁴They began talking about the "problem" with each other in small groups at church, at the bar, or at the ball park. ¹⁵They ignored the new family. ¹⁶Their children pointed to the family when they saw them on the street. ¹⁷Eventually, the African American family moved, and the little town was at peace again.