Read the excerpt from White Fang. The four Indians laughed more loudly, while even the man who had been bitten began to laugh. They surrounded [White Fang] and laughed at him, while he wailed out his terror and his hurt. In the midst of it, he heard something. The Indians heard it, too. But the cub knew what it was, and with a last, long wail that had in it more of triumph than grief, he ceased his noise and waited for the coming of his mother, of his ferocious and indomitable mother who fought and killed all things and was never afraid. She was snarling as she ran. She had heard the cry of her cub and was dashing to save him.

Which best states the perspective of White Fang’s mother in the excerpt?

She is angry at her cub and prepared to punish him.
She is amused by her cub’s wail and ready to play.
She is afraid for her cub and prepared to protect him.
She is as helpless as her cub and terrified of the men.