Question

To protect its cubs the mother panther hides them _______.

• A. among rocks
• B. in the branches off the trees
• C. behind the tree trunks
• D. at its heels

Answer 1

The correct option is D at its heels

There are several pieces of evidence in the passage to suggest that Option D is the right answer because the third paragraph and the last paragraph clearly narrates how the cubs are safe and protected by mother panther at the heels.

The third paragraph reads as - 'The cubs learn to treat all and sundry with suspicion at their mother's heels.' and the last paragraph reads as - 'The mother spat at them so furiously that they doubled back to its heels immediately.'

There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that options A, B, and C are the right answers.

Hence, these are incorrect.