Read the following article and answer the question by choosing from the options.

A couple of men wandered past , looking him up and down . He wondered why , but then concluded that they were no doubt impressed with his outfit . Howard Moon suddenly felt confident : he was an explorer and certainly looked the part tonight . He checked his compass one last time before putting it away .

What was Howard ?
Choose from: *Howard was an adventurer . *None of the above choices . *Howard was a compass . *Howard was the moon ....A:
Howard was an adventurer .