| Q.9 | Select the option to fill in the missing sentence that fits into the context of the passage. A. Buck’s first day on the Dyea beach was like a nightmare. B. Every hour was filled with shock and surprise. C. ______. D. No lazy, sun-kissed life was this, with nothing to do but loaf and be bored. | |
| Ans | 1. He was not so large – he weighed only one hundred and forty pounds – for his mother, Shep, had been a Scotch shepherd dog. | |
| 2. He had suddenly been jerked from the heart of civilisation and flung into the heart of things primordial. | ||
| 3. His father, Elmo, a huge St Bernard, had been the Judge’s inseparable companion. | ||
| 4. Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. |
Correct Ans Provided: 2
