Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change . Bicycle racing on an indoor track could be a thrilling sport for spectators, who sat outside the oval, so close to the cyclists that they could see their sweat. More than 7,000 people watched the night Frankie Nelson set her 18-hour record in Minneapolis, and a good number of those in the stands were female. "Men go to see what their brothers can do in the way of athletics," the St. Paul Daily Globe pointed out during that race. "Why shouldn't women be interested in their sisters?" Which central idea is developed by the quotation in the last sentence?
Answer
A
Women were a large part of the popular bicycling movement that occurred in the 1880s and 1890s.
B
Men did not believe that women should race bicycles or gather to watch bicycle races.
C
Bicycle races that occurred on indoor tracks were a thrilling sight for the crowds that gathered.
D
More women than men gathered to watch cyclists compete on indoor racing tracks.
Explanation
The quotation compares men watching their male relatives compete with women being interested in female athletes. It supports the idea that women were involved in bicycling, including as spectators, during the period described. It does not say that women outnumbered men in the crowd or that men opposed women watching races.
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