Read the excerpt from Treasure Island, and use the information to answer the question that follows.
He was clothed with tatters of old ship’s canvas and old sea-cloth, and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin. About his waist he wore an old brass-buckled leather belt, which was the one thing solid in his whole accoutrement.
What inference is supported by this excerpt?
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Responses
Ben has improvised what he needs for survival on the island.
Ben has improvised what he needs for survival on the island.
The pirates took Ben’s clothing before they left him behind.
The pirates took Ben’s clothing before they left him behind.
Ben has not changed his clothes since he was marooned.
Ben has not changed his clothes since he was marooned.
Ben’s overall appearance is disgusting to look at.