Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."

The 41 boys and girls were buzzing and giggling now.

Ellery pounced. Clinging to one of the rectangles was a needle-thin sliver of paper about an inch long, a sort of paper shaving. He fingered it, held it up to the light. It was not newsprint. Too full-bodied, too tough-textured . . .

Then he knew what it must be.

Less than two minutes left.

What inference is Ellery making at this point in the mystery?

that the boys and girls are going to lose respect for him
that newspapers are made with cheap paper
that the sliver of paper came from a dollar bill
that he is going to run out of time to solve the mystery

The answer is: that the sliver of paper came from a dollar bill

Explanation:

He was examining a piece of paper. From his observation, the paper wasn't a newsprint.

It was something else. The only other option that relates to a piece of paper is "that the sliver of paper came from a dollar bill."

He doesn't seem bothered about the children's respect neither did he seem to fear running out of time to solve the mystery. After all the passage said he knew what it must be.

Therefore, The answer From the provided information is "that the sliver of paper came from a dollar bill."

C

Explanation:

The answer is: that the sliver of paper came from a dollar bill

Explanation:

He was examining a piece of paper. From his observation, the paper wasn't a newsprint.

It was something else. The only other option that relates to a piece of paper is "that the sliver of paper came from a dollar bill."

He doesn't seem bothered about the children's respect neither did he seem to fear running out of time to solve the mystery. After all the passage said he knew what it must be.

Therefore, The answer From the provided information is "that the sliver of paper came from a dollar bill."