Question 1 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from “Clara Barton’s Childhood.” When she was eight years old, her father left his hill farm and moved down to the Learned house, a much bigger farm of three hundred acres, with the brook-like French river winding through its broad meadows, and three great barns standing in the lowlands between the hill and the house. Although her siblings remained to care for the smaller farm, Clara was not lonesome in the new home in the valley. What can be inferred by the description of this setting?
Answer
A
The old hill farm was lacking a source of water.
B
Clara’s father was a successful farmer.
C
Clara was unhappy about the move.
D
The new farm was too large for the family.
Explanation
The new farm is described as much bigger, with three hundred acres, broad meadows, a river, and three large barns. These details suggest that Clara’s father had the means to move to a substantial, well-equipped farm, so the best inference is that he was a successful farmer. The passage does not say that Clara was unhappy or that the farm was too large for the family.
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