Question

read the excerpt from \clara bartons 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?
○ clara was unhappy about the move.
○ the new farm was too large for the family.
○ the old hill farm was lacking a source of water.
○ claras father was a successful farmer.

Explanation:

• The text states Clara was "not lonesome" in the new home, so the first option is incorrect.
• No details are given about the new farm being too large for the family, so the second option is unsupported.
• There is no mention of the old hill farm lacking water, so the third option is not inferable.
• The father moved to a much larger 300-acre farm with river access and large barns, and left the smaller farm to his siblings; this implies he had the means and success to acquire/operate a bigger, more established farm.

Answer:

D. Clara's father was a successful farmer.