Premise: 'Not...not necessarily,' Derry said.

Hypothesis: Though it wasn't necessarily so, it was likely.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Two dozen salt miners watched him pass, their lined faces still dusty from the previous day's work.

Hypothesis: Twenty-four salt miners with dusty faces watched him pass.
Answer: yes

Premise: You see, explained Tuppence still sweetly, "I'm so very fond of money!"

Hypothesis: Tuppence cares a lot about money.
Answer: yes

Premise: To the families involved in the Woburn tragedy, the real climax of this story isn't the downbeat ending of the book or the sleight of hand, let's call the Environmental Protection Agency, upbeat ending of the movie.

Hypothesis: No families were involved in the Woburn tragedy.
Answer: no