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:
A poor, bare, miserable room it was, with broken windows, no fire, ragged bedclothes, a sick mother, wailing baby, and a group of pale, hungry children cuddled under one old quilt, trying to keep warm.

How the big eyes stared and the blue lips smiled as the girls went in.

"Ach, mein Gott! It is good angels come to us!" said the poor woman, crying for joy.

What implicit meaning can you find about the sick woman and her children from this text?

The mother did not know how to start a fire.
The mother's illness made her children hate her.
The mother was unable to provide for their needs.
The mother and children lived in an abandoned building.

Answer 1

The women was unable to provide for their need

Answer 2

It would be : The mother was unable to provide for their needs. Implicit meaning implied.
It would not be the others because what if she didn’t have resources to start a fire? It said room not building, and by having the children smiling, they did not resent her.