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Information and IdeasEasyInference from a sign on a bakery door

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The bakery's lights were on, but a sign on the door read Back in Ten Minutes. A customer could infer that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. the baker had stepped out briefly.Correct
  2. B. the bakery had closed for good.
  3. C. the bakery had sold out of bread.
  4. D. the baker had overslept.

Answer: A. the baker had stepped out briefly.

Lights on, back soon.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the bakery had closed for good.
Ten minutes is not for good.
C. the bakery had sold out of bread.
Nothing about stock.
D. the baker had overslept.
Nothing about sleep.

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