Question

read the poem. then, review the bolded text in the third stanza. robot fuel weve been building this for weeks. both of us making endless tweaks. and now our robot almost speaks! the one thing we forgot to do was get the trash he needs to chew for fuel to chat the whole day through. sorting trash alones not fair. some tasks are made for both to share. gross chores are more fun as a pair. our work was a cheetah, racing by. in a flash, we fed our robot guy so he could say hi and bye. 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 is mad that his friend asks him to collect trash alone. the speaker and his friend need to find different robot fuel. the speaker and his friend decide to work together to collect trash.

Explanation:

The third stanza emphasizes that sorting trash alone is unfair, tasks are meant to be shared, and gross chores are more fun as a pair. This leads to the inference that the speaker and their friend will work together on the trash-collecting task. The first option is incorrect because the stanza does not mention anger, just that solo work is unfair. The second option is wrong because the poem states the robot uses trash as fuel, with no indication of needing different fuel.

Answer:

The speaker and his friend decide to work together to collect trash.