She would ride to the half-way house before the moon sank; then, she would see! Fifty miles there and fifty
miles back a hundred miles - A CENTURY! Had not
some girl in the South told her she had ridden a century?
Ever since that day a little envy had been in her heart of
that girl, and she sometimes wished very much that she,
too, might wear upon her cycling blouse that tiny bar of
gold, with its magic figures, recording a ride of one
hundred miles.
-"A Century Ride,"
Grace E. Denison
Based on details in this passage, which of these
inferences is most valid?
O Women in various parts of the country were
embracing a new athleticism.
O Women in the South were more athletic than those
in other areas.
O Women were incapable of riding one hundred miles
on a bicycle.
O Independence created competitiveness in women
all over the country.