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Read these lines: "Buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger's hands, he growled menacingly. He had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command." According to the quoted lines, why did Buck only growl at first?
AHe was too weak from the long walk to fight
BHe had been trained never to bite a stranger
CHe expected a hint of anger to be obeyed at once
DHe believed the rope was a part of a game
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. He expected a hint of anger to be obeyed at once
1. 1. The growl is described as merely intimating his displeasure, so it was a signal rather than an attack.
2. 2. The quoted lines say he believed, in his pride, that to intimate was to command.
3. 3. A creature who thinks a hint carries the force of an order has no reason to do more than growl.
4. 4. Weakness, training and play are never mentioned, so the remaining options add ideas the lines do not carry.
_Source: The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903)_
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