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Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes lived on in his wild jungle existence with little change for several years, only that he grew stronger and wiser, and he learned from his books more and more of the strange worlds that lay somewhere outside his primeval forest.
To him life was never monotonous or stale. There was always Pisah, the fish, to be caught in the many streams and the little lakes, and Sabor, with her ferocious cousins to keep one ever on the alert and give zest to every instant that one spent upon the ground.
Often they hunted him, and more often he hunted them, but though they never quite reached him with those cruel, sharp claws of theirs, yet there were times when one could scarce have passed a thick leaf between their talons and his smooth hide.
Quick was Sabor, the lioness, and quick were Numa and Sheeta, but Tarzan of the Apes was lightning.
With Tantor, the elephant, he made friends. How? Ask not. But this is known to the denizens of the jungle, that on many moonlight nights Tarzan of the Apes and Tantor, the elephant, walked together, and where the way was clear Tarzan rode, perched high upon Tantor’s mighty back.
Many days during these years he spent in the cabin of his father. At eighteen he read fluently and understood nearly all he read in the many and varied volumes on the shelves.
Also could he write, with printed letters, rapidly and plainly, but script he had not mastered, for though there were several copy books among his treasure, there was so little written English in the cabin that he saw no use for bothering with this other form of writing, though he could read it, laboriously.
Thus, at eighteen, we find him, an English lordling, who could speak no English, and yet who could read and write his native language. Never had he seen a human being other than himself, for the little area he traversed was watered by no greater river to bring down the other tribes of the interior.
High hills shut it off on three sides, the ocean on the fourth. It was alive with lions and leopards and poisonous snakes. Its untouched mazes of matted jungle had as yet invited no hardy pioneer from the human beasts beyond its frontier.
But as Tarzan of the Apes sat one day in the cabin of his father delving into the mysteries of a new book, the ancient security of his jungle was broken forever.
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Adapted from Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Public domain.
Questions
What can the reader infer about Tarzan’s home?
Tarzan longs for human interaction and misses living with his friends.
The only other humans currently living in Tarzan’s home are his parents.
Tarzan lives high in the mountains, making him separate from any other human.
Tarzan lives in a very secluded jungle that is surrounded by hills and ocean and has no other humans.
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes lived on in his wild jungle existence with little change for several years, only that he grew stronger and wiser, and he learned from his books more and more of the strange worlds that lay somewhere outside his primeval forest.
To him life was never monotonous or stale. There was always Pisah, the fish, to be caught in the many streams and the little lakes, and Sabor, with her ferocious cousins to keep one ever on the alert and give zest to every instant that one spent upon the ground.
Often they hunted him, and more often he hunted them, but though they never quite reached him with those cruel, sharp claws of theirs, yet there were times when one could scarce have passed a thick leaf between their talons and his smooth hide.
Quick was Sabor, the lioness, and quick were Numa and Sheeta, but Tarzan of the Apes was lightning.
With Tantor, the elephant, he made friends. How? Ask not. But this is known to the denizens of the jungle, that on many moonlight nights Tarzan of the Apes and Tantor, the elephant, walked together, and where the way was clear Tarzan rode, perched high upon Tantor’s mighty back.
Many days during these years he spent in the cabin of his father. At eighteen he read fluently and understood nearly all he read in the many and varied volumes on the shelves.
Also could he write, with printed letters, rapidly and plainly, but script he had not mastered, for though there were several copy books among his treasure, there was so little written English in the cabin that he saw no use for bothering with this other form of writing, though he could read it, laboriously.
Thus, at eighteen, we find him, an English lordling, who could speak no English, and yet who could read and write his native language. Never had he seen a human being other than himself, for the little area he traversed was watered by no greater river to bring down the other tribes of the interior.
High hills shut it off on three sides, the ocean on the fourth. It was alive with lions and leopards and poisonous snakes. Its untouched mazes of matted jungle had as yet invited no hardy pioneer from the human beasts beyond its frontier.
But as Tarzan of the Apes sat one day in the cabin of his father delving into the mysteries of a new book, the ancient security of his jungle was broken forever.
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Adapted from Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Public domain.
Questions
What can the reader infer about Tarzan’s home?
Tarzan longs for human interaction and misses living with his friends.
The only other humans currently living in Tarzan’s home are his parents.
Tarzan lives high in the mountains, making him separate from any other human.
Tarzan lives in a very secluded jungle that is surrounded by hills and ocean and has no other humans.
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The correct inference about Tarzan’s home is: **Tarzan lives in a very secluded jungle that is surrounded by hills and ocean and has no other humans.**
This is supported by the passage, which indicates that Tarzan's area is isolated due to high hills on three sides and the ocean on the fourth, and that he has never seen another human being aside from himself.
This is supported by the passage, which indicates that Tarzan's area is isolated due to high hills on three sides and the ocean on the fourth, and that he has never seen another human being aside from himself.