7 2.
PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

A
"Sled after sled churned slowly away into the silence. They were gone. They had passed out of his life, and he faced the last bitter hour alone." ( Paragraph 3)
B
"He also was an episode, and would pass away. Nature did not care." ( Paragraph 11)
C
"To life she set one task, gave one law. To perpetuate was the task of life, its law was death." ( Paragraph 11)
D
"Here the great animal had fought desperately He had done his task long since, but none the less was life dear to him." ( Paragraph 17)