The following is from an early 20th-century memoir. My grandmother kept a small wooden box on the highest shelf of her bedroom. Once each year, on a date she never explained, she would take the box down, sit alone by the window for an hour, and replace it without a word. None of us, even my mother, was ever permitted to see what lay inside, and after my grandmother's death, the box was buried with her at her written request.
Which inference is most strongly supported by the passage?
- Acheck_circle
The box's contents held a private significance the grandmother chose to keep secret
- B
The grandmother forgot what was in the box as she aged
- C
The contents of the box were of no real importance
- D
The grandmother's family did not respect her privacy
Explanation
Yearly ritual, secrecy, and burial-with-her-request all suggest deep private significance. A contradicts the family's compliance; C and D contradict the ritual's careful preservation.