Question

Use the story titled Cave of the Tigers to answer the question.

The Cave of Tigers

Which part of the story helps the reader understand how an animal can behave like a person?

(1 point)
Responses

On the walls were pictures of tigers hunting buffalo, tigers hunting crocodiles, tigers hunting antelope.
On the walls were pictures of tigers hunting buffalo, tigers hunting crocodiles, tigers hunting antelope.

“What’s that he’s hunting?” I asked, pointing to what looked like an elephant on fire.
“What’s that he’s hunting?” I asked, pointing to what looked like an elephant on fire.

“And that one’s my father!” He was pointing at the largest tiger.
“And that one’s my father!” He was pointing at the largest tiger.

He had a bigger head and a pair of huge white fangs that hooked over his bottom lip as thick as horns, with points like freshly-dripped icicles.
He had a bigger head and a pair of huge white fangs that hooked over his bottom lip as thick as horns, with points like freshly-dripped icicles.

The part of the story that helps the reader understand how an animal can behave like a person is: "He was pointing at the largest tiger." This suggests that the character is anthropomorphizing the tiger, attributing human-like qualities to it by associating it with a familial relationship.