Call of the Wild Chapter 6

In The Call of the Wild, how does Buck first meet John Thornton?

• Buck saves John Thornton's life.

• John Thornton buys Buck.

• John Thornton saves Buck when he is being beaten.

• Buck runs away to John Thornton's camp by himself.

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What feeling does Buck experience for the first time in Chapter 6 of The Call of the Wild?

• Love

• Wildness

• Courage

• Anger

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What does Buck do when John Thornton falls into a wild river in Chapter 6?

• He runs to get help.

• He tries, but cannot save him.

• He jumps in and saves him.

• Buck stays on the boat.

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Even though Buck is fond of Thornton, he ______.

• fights with Skeet and Nig

• feels a longing to run away from him

• expects Thornton to turn on him

• will escape when his strength returns

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. At Thornton’s command, Buck is ready to ______.

• attack a grizzly bear

• dive into icy water for salmon

• jump over a cliff

• stay in one position for hours

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Buck gains his reputation in Circle City by ______.

• attacking “Black” Burton when he strikes Thornton

• tearing the leg off a dog in a street fight

• saving Thornton from the icy river

• bringing down a bull moose

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Buck’s exploit that places his name “many notches higher on the totempole of Alaskan fame” is that ______.

• he “breaks” and pulls a one-thousand-pound load for one hundred yards

• he chases down a seal and drags it across the ice to Thornton

• on an obstacle course, he leads his sled team to victory against twenty other teams

• he swims under the ice for three hundred yards without coming up for air

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Buck is ready to give his all to win a wager when Thornton ______.

• shows him the club

• holds up a chunk of meat as a reward for victory

• screams “Mush”

• whispers in his ear, “As you love me”

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