English

Eliana Fleming

23 May, 03:16

Read the passage from Part 1 of "To Build a Fire."

Possibly in its brain there was no sharp consciousness of a condition of very cold such as was in the man's brain. But the brute had its instinct. It experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man's heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire.

What does the dog's behavior reveal about it?

its knowledge of direction

its ability to perform tricks

its compassion for the man

its intuition about nature