Read the excerpt below and answer the question. They were inscribed in a medical benefit society, their pet dog was licensed, they were insured against fire, flood damage, and theft, and subscribed to the local Neighborhood Watch, which supplied them with a plaque for their gates lettered YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED over the silhouette of a would-be intruder. He was masked; it could not be said if he was black or white, and therefore proved the property owner was no racist.

Based on this excerpt from Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time,” the reader can infer that the family in the story is .

1. kind
2. racist
3. angry
4. careful