Premise: They seem to think that junk food qualifies as their half of the groceries.

Hypothesis: They think that three fourths of the groceries should be junk food.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: BUT WE DOUBT IT, reads a card beside four sizes of woven metal baskets in Restoration Hardware's Georgetown store.

Hypothesis: The woven metal baskets are homemade.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: I showed them.

Hypothesis: I showed them the project I'd worked with.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: But there was no use trying to duck the ordeal, and the Kentuckian had never been one to put off the inevitable with a pallid hope that something would turn up to save him.

Hypothesis: It was futile trying to avoid the issue.
Answer: yes