Which of these inferences about Nellie's fear of reporters is best supported by the text? Answer choices for the above question A. Nellie thinks that reporters will act cruelly and stare at her. B. Nellie has a strong distrust of the press. C. Nellie is paranoid about reporters due to her mental illness. D. Nellie knows that a reporter could reveal her true identity, since she is one herself.

'Ten Days In A Madhouse' is a book written by Nellie Bly about her experience in madhouse while she was there on an undercover assignment. Nellie Bly spent ten days in Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island and writes about brutuality and cruelity in the asylum.

In Chapter 4, when Nellie was presented in the court before judge, she feared the reporters because she herself was one of them. She feared because these reporters coulde reveal her true identity before everyone.

'I got very much frightened at this, for if there is any one who can ferret out a mystery it is a reporter. I felt that I would rather face a mass of expert doctors, policemen, and detectives than two bright specimens of my craft,...'

Therefore, option D is correct.