You can see a graph of that function.
Here I also show you a table with some points. First take into account tha the domain is x > - 2 and that the limit of the function as x goest to - 2 is negative infinity.
x f(x)
- 1.999999999 -9
-1.99 -2
-1.9 -1
-1 0
0 0.301
1 0.477
8 1
98 2
998 3
∞ ∞
With this information and the graph you can identity which of your graphs is the right one.