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Read these lines: "It was the jackal, Tabaqui the Dish-licker, and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps." According to the quoted lines, why do the wolves despise the jackal?
AHe hunts the same deer that the wolves hunt
BHe is far larger than any wolf in the hills
CHe refuses to obey the leader of the pack
DHe makes mischief, carries tales and eats scraps
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. He makes mischief, carries tales and eats scraps
1. 1. The word because in the quoted lines introduces the grounds for their contempt.
2. 2. Three grounds follow: making mischief, telling tales, and eating rags and leather from rubbish-heaps.
3. 3. The first option lists exactly those three.
4. 4. Competing for deer, size and disobedience are never mentioned as reasons here.
_Source: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)_
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