While drafting a short research answer about margin notes, a student reviews these notes:
- A literature researcher studied notes written in library copies of a serialized novel.
- Some readers wrote guesses about future plot events in the margins.
- Later notes showed readers crossing out guesses after new chapters appeared.
- The researcher argued that readers treated the novel as an unfolding puzzle.
The research question is: "What conclusion did the margin notes support about readers?" Which choice best uses the notes to answer the question?