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What can the reader best infer from the following passage (paragraphs 34-36)?

  1. The woman was sitting on the day-bed. After a while she said, “I were young once and I wanted things I could not get.”

    There was another long pause. The boy’s mouth opened. Then he frowned, but not knowing he frowned.

    The woman said, “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” Pause. Silence. “I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know.
    Answer choices for the above question
    A. Mrs. Jones would also like a pair of blue suede shoes.
    B. Mrs. Jones can empathize with Roger’s situation.
    C. Mrs. Jones was also a thief.
    D. Mrs. Jones will turn Roger into the police.
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B. Mrs. Jones can empathize with Roger’s situation.