I believe the answer is: Married Filing Separately
When filing status is done separately, a partner is not subjected for the tax payment that belonged to the other partner. It is beneficial to choose this type of filing if one or both the partners had large amount of itemized deduction in from their paycheck.
Think about the narrator's role in the story and what the narrator telling the story and providing the descriptive details. Think about how the details suggest the narrator's point of view. Hope that helped!
