Question

Read this excerpt from Chapter 1 of Wheels of Change by Sue Macy.

What interested Pope, however, was a display in one of the English buildings, where two manufacturers from Great Britain presented the latest bicycles. Pope was tantalized by these bicycles, called high wheelers, which had huge wheels in the front and tiny ones in the back. A Civil War veteran and entrepreneur, he wondered about the machine's possibilities as both a business venture and a means of transportation. If only it didn't seem so impossible to ride. Pope dismissed the idea of investing in this new vehicle until he encountered another one the following spring, during a jaunt on a horse near his Massachusetts home. All at once, a man on a high wheeler sped by him. When Pope's horse couldn't catch the cyclist, even at a gallop, the businessman suddenly saw the potential of traveling on two wheels.
What chronology is described in the excerpt?
Pope’s first attempts to ride bicycles
Pope’s developing interest in bicycles steps
Pope follows to invest in the cycling industry steps
Pope follows to improve the high wheelers’ design

Answer 1

steps Pope follows to invest in the cycling industry.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The chronology displayed in the excerpt is option 3) "Pope follows to invest in the cycling industry steps".

In this excerpt, the author is narrating Pope's interest in bikes as a way to make make business. Evidence in the text supports this view: "A Civil War veteran and entrepreneur, he wondered about the machine's possibilities as both a business venture and a means of transportation". In this part, the author describes Pope as entrepreneur and how he thought about the possibility of investing in bikes. Then, at the end of the excerpt, the author tells how Pope was convinced by the bikes' possible business success "the businessman suddenly saw the potential of traveling on two wheels."