Use the story titled “Is There a Doctor in the House?” to answer the question.

Question

Is There a Doctor in the House?

A doctor would strap a leather medicine bag right to the saddle. The medicine bag often included a candle and a candleholder. Electricity hadn’t been invented, and sometimes a doctor would need to make a house call at night.

Which inference can be drawn from this passage?

(1 point)
Responses

Doctors mostly worked in the evenings on the frontier.
Doctors mostly worked in the evenings on the frontier.

Doctors on the frontier did not work regular hours like they do today.
Doctors on the frontier did not work regular hours like they do today.

Some doctors did not enjoy working in the dark.
Some doctors did not enjoy working in the dark.

Some doctors used the candles to close up wounds.

Answer 1

The best inference that can be drawn from the passage is:

Doctors on the frontier did not work regular hours like they do today.

This conclusion is supported by the information that doctors had to make house calls at night, indicating irregular working hours.