A They foreshadow the trouble the cub will have navigating the wilderness.

B They foreshadow the return of the cub’s mother to the cave.

C They highlight the internal struggle the cub has with his own fear.

D They highlight the rapid change in the cub’s natural impulses.

A “Not only had this law been forcibly and many times impressed on him by his mother’s nose

and paw, but in him the instinct of fear was developing. Never, in his brief cave-life, had he

encountered anything of which to be afraid.” (paragraph 1)

B “The hard obstruction of the cave-wall, the sharp nudge of his mother’s nose, the smashing stroke of her paw, the hunger unappeased of several famines, had borne in upon him that all

was not freedom in the world; that to life there was limitations and restraints. These

limitations and restraints were laws.” (paragraph 2)

C “Thus it was that in obedience to the law laid down by his mother, and in obedience to the

law of that unknown and nameless thing, fear, he kept away from the mouth of the cave. It remained to him a white wall of light.” (paragraph 4)

D “The cub was in a frenzy of terror, yet he lay without movement or sound, frozen, petrified into immobility, to all appearances dead. His mother, coming home, growled as she smelt the

wolverine’s track, and bounded into the cave and licked and nuzzled him with undue vehemence of affection. And the cub felt that somehow he had escaped a great hurt.” (paragraph 6)

A It shows that when the cub leaves the cave, he is aware of the level of maturity he has

reached in knowing that he has to protect his mother.

B It shows that when the cub leaves the cave, he can no longer resist the curiosity that will help

him refine his natural instincts.

C It shows that when the cub leaves the cave, he is excited to test his limits and disobey his

mother.

D It shows that when the cub leaves the cave, he is inexperienced in preparing for a journey

away from the safety of his home

A diminish

B flicker

C spread

D withdraw

A “It was a heritage he had received directly from One Eye and the she-wolf; but to them, in

turn, it had been passed down through all the generations of wolves that had gone before.”

(paragraph 1)

B “For he had already learned that there were such restrictions. Hunger he had known; and

when he could not appease his hunger he had felt restriction.” (paragraph 2)

C “Also, he forgot to be afraid. For the time, fear had been routed by growth, while growth had

assumed the guise of curiosity.” (paragraph 11)

D “Now the grey cub had lived all his days on a level floor. He had never experienced the hurt of

a fall. He did not know what a fall was. So he stepped boldly out upon the air.”

(paragraph 12

A at full volume

B once in a while

C with momentum

D without stopping

A One must trust gut reactions and take risks in order to grow.

B Rules and laws encourage natural curiosity.

C Overconfidence can lead one into dangerous situations.

D New experiences create false senses of security.

A “So the grey cub knew fear, though he knew not the stuff of which fear was made. Possibly

he accepted it as one of the restrictions of life. For he had already learned that there were

such restrictions.” (paragraph 2)

B “So there was no damming up the tide of life that was rising within him—rising with every

mouthful of meat he swallowed, with every breath he drew. In the end, one day, fear and

obedience were swept away by the rush of life, and the cub straddled and sprawled toward

the entrance.” (paragraph 7)

C “The light had become painfully bright. He was dazzled by it. Likewise he was made dizzy by

this abrupt and tremendous extension of space. Automatically, his eyes were adjusting

themselves to the brightness, focusing themselves to meet the increased distance of objects.”

(paragraph 9)

D “This was a different proposition from crouching in frozen fear while the unknown lurked just

alongside. Now the unknown had caught tight hold of him. Silence would do no good.”

(paragraph 13)

A “Never, in his brief cave-life, had he encountered anything of which to be afraid.”

(paragraph 1)

B “Once, lying awake, he heard a strange sound in the white wall. He did not know that it was a

wolverine, standing outside, all a-trembling with its own daring, and cautiously scenting out

the contents of the cave.” (paragraph 5)

D “A great fear came upon him. This was more of the terrible unknown. He crouched down on

the lip of the cave and gazed out on the world. He was very much afraid. Because it was

unknown, it was hostile to him.” (paragraph 10)

E “He began to notice near objects—an open portion of the stream that flashed in the sun, the

blasted pine-tree that stood at the base of the slope, and the slope itself, that ran right up to

him and ceased two feet beneath the lip of the cave on which he crouched.” (paragraph 11)

F “His hind-legs still rested on the cave-lip, so he fell forward head downward.”

(paragraph 12)

A He soon becomes comfortable enough to explore the wilderness as he is introduced to the

sights and smells that the world has to offer.

B He soon realizes his mistake when he is caught off guard by a predator that grabs hold of him

and will not let go.

C As he starts to become more courageous, the cub steps off of a ledge, falls down the hill, and

cries out in pain and fear about his unfortunate situation.

D After he pauses to get his bearings, the cub panics when he realizes how many of his mother’s

rules he has broken.

A the cub’s insistence on trying to escape the cave

B the cub’s darker colored fur in comparison to his mother

C the mother’s purpose to protect and nurture her cub

D the mother’s vigilance in watching for predators