The Reward of Enterprise by Ward Muir Seafaring people are odd in that way—I don’t mean in their ignorance of swimming, though, to be sure, the average sailor is seldom a swimmer. They’re so—how shall I express it?—so unenterprising. In the midst of adventure and romance they are stirred by no recognition either of the adventures or the romantic. I was a city-bred youngster, who had never been out of hail of the homeland before, and I possessed more enterprise in my little finger than that far-travelled Captain had in the whole of his weather-worn, hulking lump of a carcass. "The Reward of Enterprise" by Ward Muir Question Use the passage below to answer the question. Which inference is best supported by the details in the passage? (1 point) Responses The ship’s Captain has traveled widely. The ship’s Captain has traveled widely. Harborough feels he is superior to others. Harborough feels he is superior to others. Harborough grew up in a city. Harborough grew up in a city. Most people who travel by sea cannot swim. Most people who travel by sea cannot swim.
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The inference that is best supported by the details in the passage is: Harborough grew up in a city.
The passage mentions that Harborough was a "city-bred youngster" who had "never been out of hail of the homeland before," which supports the idea that he grew up in a city. While other responses may have some basis, they are not explicitly supported by the text to the same extent.
