The answer is
D.<span>The storm—it was the worst in years—caused several power outages.</span>
Yea the correct answer here is the option D.
Spitz is a leader of the pact, he is the alpha dog, but he is also cruel and not a very likeable dog. He is the last stepping stone for Buck who needs to become a pack leader. In this excerpt we see that with the aggressive style and violence true teamwork is impossible to achieve and here we see that on the example of Spitz.
The nouns in the sentence are Cecil and grass.
