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Call of the Wild Test
How does Buck win $1600 for John Thornton - ✔ ✔ Pulls a heavy sled
Name all ways Buck saves John Thornton's life - ✔ ✔ Saves him from river death, wins a bet for him, fights a battle
Give two examples of ways in which the new masters prove their inexperience - ✔ ✔
Where do John Thornton and his friends go after Thornton pays his debts? - ✔ ✔ Sets of to the coast to find gold
What do the men come across at the end of wandering - ✔ ✔ Gold
Describes Buck's encounter with his wild brother - ✔ ✔ Lead away by the wolf
Describe Buck's encounter with the moose - ✔ ✔ He hunts and kills the moose
Who kills John Thornton - ✔ ✔ The Yeehats
What type of revenge does Buck get on the Yeehats - ✔ ✔ He kills them
Do you think Buck would act the same way if someone had attacked Judge Miller - ✔ ✔ No, Judge Miller sold him
How does Buck react when the wolf pack confronts him - ✔ ✔ He joins them
Briefly explain how Buck has changed since the beginning of the novel - ✔ ✔ Changes from a domesticate dog to a wild
Describe Buck's life in Santa Clara Valley. - ✔ ✔ He was the top dog, had a loving family, was the main dog, had an easy life, was treated well
How old is Buck? - ✔ ✔ He was 4 years old
"But Buck was neither house nor kennel dog. The whole realm was his." How is Buck regarded by others who live in the Santa Clara Valley? - ✔ ✔ Strong. He was free. Treated like a master
What does London mean when he says " Buck has lived the life of a sated aristocrat." - ✔ ✔ He was pampered
Has all of the luxury made Buck lazy? How do you know? - ✔ ✔ No, he hunted and kept down the fat
How has Manuel's "besetting weakness" hurt Buck? - ✔ ✔ Manuel lost all money due to gambling, so he stole and sold Buck.
London says in this chapter that Buck is either developing or regressing. What do you think? - ✔ ✔ He is fighting and staying strong
How did Buck undermine Spitz's authority? - ✔ ✔ He encouraged the other dogs to go against Spitz and not listen
Explain the change of Buck after he killed Spitz? - ✔ ✔ He felt like the new leader
Who did Francois put in place as leader of the team? Do you agree with the decision? Why or why not? - ✔ ✔ He put Sol- lek in place. No, Buck should be the leader, since I think he is a natural born leader
Once Buck was placed as the leader, how did the team respond.
How did Francois react when he received orders to leave Buck?
- ✔ ✔ He started weeping and hugged him
Does Buck miss Santa Clara Valley? - ✔ ✔ No, the memory did not make him sad
On page 36 with "Sometimes he crouched there" and ends on page 37 with "..as though he had been asleep." Who is Buck remembering? - ✔ ✔ The life back then
Describe the two men who buy Buck's team with two adjectives
In what types of physical and mental state are Buck and his team when they begin the trip with their new masters? - ✔ ✔ Exhausted and hungry
With what types of provision do Buck and his teammates leave Skagaway? - ✔ ✔ Wretched, hungry, hurt
How does Mercedes make the lives of the team worse - ✔ ✔ Mercedes had them sled across the thin ice and didn't feed them enough
What warning does John Thornton give Mercedes and the travelers - ✔ ✔ The ice wasn't strong enough
Name all the ways John Thornton saves Buck from death - ✔ ✔
After Buck is separated from his team, what was the only thing that keeps him from answering the "call of wild" - ✔ ✔ His devotion and love to John Thornton
