Test: GED Reading

Adapted from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)

The Law of the Jungle lays down very clearly that any wolf may, when he marries, withdraw from the Pack he belongs to. But as soon as his cubs are old enough to stand on their feet he must bring them to the Pack Council, which is generally held once a month at full moon, in order that the other wolves may identify them. After that inspection the cubs are free to run where they please, and until they have killed their first buck no excuse is accepted if a grown wolf of the Pack kills one of them. The punishment is death where the murderer can be found; and if you think for a minute you will see that this must be so.

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What is the author implying in the last sentence?

that new punishment laws are needed

that punishment is inescapable

that members of the Jungle speculate about the punishment laws

that it is common for the wolves to cheat punishment

that murder is common in the Jungle

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