Question

In the story Little Women, one family brings breakfast to another on Christmas morning. Read this passage and then answer the question that follows:
Mrs. March gave the mother tea and gruel, and comforted her with promises of help, while she dressed the little baby as tenderly as if it had been her own. The girls meantime spread the table, set the children round the fire, and fed them like so many hungry birds, laughing, talking, and trying to understand the funny broken English.

What implicit meaning can you find about the children from this text?

The children made noises like infants, as they had not yet learned to speak properly.

Mrs. March and her girls cared about giving help to the mother and her children.

The girls and Mrs. March thought the woman and children were like little birds.

The woman ate for the first time in many weeks and began to feel better.

Answer 1

Answer:

Mrs. March and her girls cared about giving help to the mother and her children.

Explanation:

The passage explains that Mrs. March and her girls assisted the poor family by giving them food & tending to the needs of the children.