Read the stanza from henry wadsworth longfellow’s “the tide rises, the tide falls.” darkness settles on roofs and walls, but the sea, the sea in the darkness calls: the little waves, with their soft, white hands, efface the footprints in the sands, and the tide rises, the tide falls. which word in the stanza best establishes a peaceful mood? footprints settles rises hands

Read the excerpt from part 3 of the call of the wild. but it was in giving the law and making his mates live up to it, that buck excelled. dave and sol-leks did not mind the change in leadership. it was none of their business. their business was to toil, and toil mightily, in the traces. so long as that were not interfered with, they did not care what happened. billee, the good-natured, could lead for all they cared, so long as he kept order. the rest of the team, however, had grown unruly during the last days of spitz, and their surprise was great now that buck proceeded to lick them into shape. what theme is most supported by the ideas in this excerpt? good leaders are strong and intelligent. loyalty can be a very powerful force. only the strong survive in the wilderness. we are all ruled by our natural instincts.