Question

Which inference can a reader make from the information in the passage? 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.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

They can make an interfece that the bird like woman has been watching the prision for sometime and decided to give from the goodness of her heart. Teach those at the prision to be kindhearted person.

Answer 2

a) At this time, women were not viewed as capable of carrying out spy activities.

Step-by-step explanation:

a) At this time, women were not viewed as capable of carrying out spy activities.

b) The guards at the prison did not know that Van Lew was spying.

c) At this time, it was illegal for women to participate in spy activities.

d) Van Lew was a small woman who visited soldiers in a hospital.

This extract suggests that women weren't considered capable of spying. Elizabeth van Lew walked throughout the hospital and spoke to convicts. If van Lew were a guy, she wouldn't have been so close to the troops. Her alibi was that she was participating in intelligence operations, so no one thought she was a spy.