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Please read the following paragraph to answer the following question.

When he went to his first day of riding instruction, Jody told the instructor that he had never ridden a horse before. He also admitted that he was a little bit afraid of horses. The instructor wanted Jody to overcome his fear.
She decided that he should begin his lessons on a horse named Sally. Sally was not wild or frisky; she was docile.

From the context of this paragraph docile means

A. gentle
B. slow
C. cheerful
D. content

My answer is A. gentle

Correct.