highlight important details in the passage that will help you make an inference. no one in libby prison…

highlight important details in the passage that will help you make an inference. no one in libby prison hospital paid much attention to this tiny, birdlike woman with a thin nose and alert blue eyes as elizabeth van lew went about her business of visiting the hospitalized soldiers. she read to them and brought them baskets of goodies. the confederate guards had no idea that this kindhearted woman was gathering military intelligence from the prisoners and laying the groundwork for espionage activities. —the dark game, paul janeczko which inference can a reader make from the information in the passage? at this time, women were not viewed as capable of carrying out spy activities. the guards at the prison did not know that van lew was spying. at this time, it was illegal for women to participate in spy activities. van lew was a small woman who visited soldiers in a hospital.
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The passage emphasizes that the Confederate guards had no idea Van Lew was gathering military - intelligence, which implies they did not know she was spying. Option A is not strongly supported as there is no mention of how women were generally viewed regarding spy activities. Option C has no evidence about legality for women in spy activities. Option D is a stated fact, not an inference.
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The guards at the prison did not know that Van Lew was spying.