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Excerpt from Big Water by Andrea Curtis. Printed with permission by Orca Book Publishers

Question
Use the excerpt from “Big Water” to answer the question.

What detail from the text explicitly supports the inference that the men on the dock are friendly?

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Responses

The men pay little attention to the narrator.
The men pay little attention to the narrator.

When Daniel calls out the men react.
When Daniel calls out the men react.

The men work efficiently together.
The men work efficiently together.

One of the men pauses to pet a cat.

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
13 days ago

The detail from the text that explicitly supports the inference that the men on the dock are friendly is:

**One of the men pauses to pet a cat.**

This action suggests kindness and a friendly disposition, indicating that the men are approachable and generally good-natured.