The reader can infer that Maria is insane. Which statement(s) from the text best supports this inference. Choose 2.
A
"Her pride hurt, Maria became furious, and felt hatred
toward her children because he preferred them over
her."
B
“As a result, Maria thought she was better than
everyone else."
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С
"With her children struggling in her arms, she marched
down to the nearby river, and threw them in."
D
"Maria mourned (felt deep sadness for) them day and
night, endlessly walking along the river in her muddy
and torn white gown, searching for her drowned
children until she died of despair (sadness and
heartbreak)."

C.) and A.) (I think)

Step-by-step explanation:

You can infer that she is insane by C.) because B.) proves that she is not necessarily insane, because she isn't doing any harm to others or acting crazy, just she has a belief that she is better than everyone else. D.) is showing her mourning over the loss, which would not prove her insanity, just her feeling of regret, which can even prove the point otherwise. A.) proves her insanity furthermore because just because her pride was hurt, she felt hatred towards her own children, which is why (I assume) she threw her own kids in the river.

Sorry in advance if it's wrong, I tried my best. Some of the points may have to do with the story itself, and I may not understand what some of the points are saying, because they are explained in the story.

(-3,-3) and (5,2).
First of all, remember what the equation of a line is:

y = mx+b
Where:
m is the slope, and
b is the y-intercept
First, let's find what m is, the slope of the line...

The slope of a line is a measure of how fast the line "goes up" or "goes down". A large slope means the line goes up or down really fast (a very steep line). Small slopes means the line isn't very steep. A slope of zero means the line has no steepness at all; it is perfectly horizontal.
For lines like these, the slope is always defined as "the change in y over the change in x" or, in equation form:

So what we need now are the two points you gave that the line passes through. Let's call the first point you gave, (-3,-3), point #1, so the x and y numbers given will be called x1 and y1. Or, x1=-3 and y1=-3.
Also, let's call the second point you gave, (5,2), point #2, so the x and y numbers here will be called x2 and y2. Or, x2=5 and y2=2.

Now, just plug the numbers into the formula for m above, like this:

m=
2 - -3
5 - -3
or...

m=
5
8
or...

m=5/8
So, we have the first piece to finding the equation of this line, and we can fill it into y=mx+b like this:

y=5/8x+b
Now, what about b, the y-intercept?
To find b, think about what your (x,y) points mean:
(-3,-3). When x of the line is -3, y of the line must be -3.
(5,2). When x of the line is 5, y of the line must be 2.
Because you said the line passes through each one of these two points, right?
Now, look at our line's equation so far: y=5/8x+b. b is what we want, the 5/8 is already set and x and y are just two "free variables" sitting there. We can plug anything we want in for x and y here, but we want the equation for the line that specfically passes through the two points (-3,-3) and (5,2).

So, why not plug in for x and y from one of our (x,y) points that we know the line passes through? This will allow us to solve for b for the particular line that passes through the two points you gave!.

You can use either (x,y) point you want..the answer will be the same:

(-3,-3). y=mx+b or -3=5/8 × -3+b, or solving for b: b=-3-(5/8)(-3). b=-9/8.
(5,2). y=mx+b or 2=5/8 × 5+b, or solving for b: b=2-(5/8)(5). b=-9/8.
See! In both cases we got the same value for b. And this completes our problem.
The equation of the line that passes through the points
(-3,-3) and (5,2)

is

y=5/8x-9/8