Taking all of the bits of information you've collected and combining them with your prior knowledge about the topic to make an educated guess about what the text will say or what will happen is called a. preview guesses b. making inferences c. drawing maps d. investigating scenes

The most probable answer to this question would be B. making inferences.

Inferences are conclusions drawn from the evidence collected and documented and from the reasoning by the use of knowledge accumulated on the particular subject. By taking all of the bits of information you have collected and by combining them with your prior knowledge about the topic to make an educated guess about would be to make inferences. Preview guesses would be just peeking to guesses that are already presented. Drawing maps would be more on the construction of the story's outline. Investigating scenes would be taken as it is.

As the boys sleep, military airplanes battle fiercely above the island. none of the boys sees the explosions and flashes in the clouds because the twins sam and eric, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, have fallen asleep. during the battle, a parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island, dead.