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Part II– Chapter 4: The Wall of the World

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Questions

1) What is this chapter mostly about?

2) What two things have previously kept the cub from venturing outside the cave?

3) When a wolverine ventures into the cave, what two things happen to him because of instinct?

4) What finally causes the cub to leave the cave?

5) The cub discovers that the wall of light is "permeable."

What does the word "permeable" mean as used in this chapter?

6) What does the author compare the cub to in order to emphasize his level of astonishment at the outside world?

7) What does the cub battle with in his first battle?

8) What animal almost gets the cub while he is watching the first animal he battles die?

9) Which sentence from this chapter best captures the lesson the cub learns from his first experience out into the wild?

10) Were there any events that weren't clear to you?