ANALYTICAL SKILLS YOU ARE TO TRY TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES
Directions: Read each passage and then respond to the questions. Each question will ask you to
make a logical inference based on textual details. Explain your answer by referencing the text.
Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice would
have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty overalls and
threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for
him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing
machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed. He would eat dinner
with her after he was "presentable," as Alice had often said.
1. What type of job does Paul work?
How do you know this?