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Read these lines: "Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down. Something wriggled under his feet. A whiff of warm air ascended to his nostrils, and there, curled up under the snow in a snug ball, lay Billee. Another lesson." What did Buck learn from this discovery?
AThat the other dogs had run away in the night
BThat the men would let him sleep in the tent
CThat a hole dug in the snow makes a warm bed
DThat warm air rises from the frozen ground
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. That a hole dug in the snow makes a warm bed
1. 1. Buck breaks through the snow and finds warm air rising from the hole.
2. 2. Curled in that hole is another dog of his team, snug under the snow.
3. 3. The words another lesson mark the sight as something he can copy, so the lesson is how to sleep warm.
4. 4. The dogs had not run away, since one is found asleep, and the tent had already driven him out.
_Source: The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903)_
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