Read the steps to making an inference. What is the correct order for making an inference?
1. Use what you know.
2. Look for details.
3. Support the inference.
4. Make an inference.
1, 3, 2,4
• 2, 1, 4, 3
O 3, 2, 1, 4
O 4, 3, 2, 1

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

d

explanation:

when making an inference, the reader should be sure to support the inference with

evidence

a is an educated guess about what will happen.

c. prediction

when new information proves that a reader's prediction is wrong, the reader should

make a new prediction based on the new information.