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?

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Responses

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.

The ship’s Captain has traveled widely.

1 answer

The inference that is best supported by the details in the passage is:

Harborough grew up in a city.

This is supported by the statement, "I was a city-bred youngster," indicating his background and upbringing.

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