Question

read the poem. then, review the bolded text in the fourth stanza.
boating at the lake
the clouds were as dark as midnight,
rain soaking the world through.
my cousins brad and chad and i
needed something else to do.
brad found a stack of papers
by the staircase in the hall,
chad folded up some paper boats—
some long, some short, some tall.
we took them to the hilltop,
where the rain had made some streams,
and raced them to the bottom
with whoops and yells and screams.
well get to ride in real boats,
when the weathers not so bad,
but when the skies are pouring rain,
i can count on brad and chad.
the bolded text requires an inference, or a guess, about missing details.
based on the text, which sentence is most likely to be true?
the speaker trusts brad and chad to go sailing safely in rainy weather.
the speaker thinks that brad and chad are good at coming up with rainy weather activities.
the speaker has more fun with brad and chad when it rains than when it is sunny.

Explanation:

1. The first option is incorrect because the poem states they will ride real boats when the weather is not so bad, not in rainy weather.
2. The third option is incorrect because the poem does not compare the fun of rainy days vs sunny days; it only says they can have fun on rainy days with Brad and Chad.
3. The second option is correct: Brad found the paper stack, Chad made paper boats, and they turned a rainy boring day into fun. The final line "I can count on Brad and Chad" (for rainy days) supports that the speaker believes they are good at coming up with rainy day activities.

Answer:

The speaker thinks that Brad and Chad are good at coming up with rainy weather activities.