Question

1. read the excerpt. from \out, out—\ by robert frost the doctor put him in the dark of ether. he lay and puffed his lips out with his breath. and then—the watcher at his pulse took fright. no one believed. they listened at his heart. little—less—nothing!—and that ended it. no more to build on there. and they, since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs. what can the reader conclude from these lines? the family cannot take time from their chores to grieve. the family does not care that the boy has died. the family asked the doctor to put an end to the boy’s suffering. the family expected the boy to die when he cut off his hand.

Explanation:

The excerpt states that after the boy's death, the family "turned to their affairs" immediately, as they were not the ones who died. This directly supports the conclusion that they did not take time to grieve. The other options are unsupported: there is no mention of the family asking the doctor to end suffering, expecting the boy to die, or not caring that he died.

Answer:

The family cannot take time from their chores to grieve.