Call of the Wild Ch. 1 + Vocabulary

What type of dog is Buck?

• St. Bernard, Scotch-Shepherd Mix

• Siberian Husky

• German Shepherd

• Husky, Shepherd Mix

Spitz is a white husky who is mean and treacherous. He steals Buck's food.

• True

• False

Dave is an energetic puppy.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Dave is a sleepy, tired dog.

Curly is a goodnatured Newfoundland.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Did you know Labradors comes from the Newfoundland breed?

What lesson did Buck learn from the man in the red sweater?

• Buck learns he is stronger and more cunning than men.

• Buck learns how be on a sled dog team.

• Buck learns that the man with a club has the power.

• Buck learns that the man in the red sweater is cruel.

Ch. 1 is titled "Into the Primitive" which means...

• into the wild

• a journey to the ancient, untamed wild

• a journey to ancient times

• a journey to the past

At the end of the chapter, Buck sees what for the first time?

• Canada

• A boat

• the Ocean

• Snow

Buck lived in _________ with his owner, _____________.

• Mexico, Perrault

• California, Judge Miller

• Canada, Manuel

• Alaska, Fracois

“Among the terriers he stalked imperiously, and Toots and Ysabel he utterly ignored, for he was king,—king over all creeping, crawling, flying things of Judge Miller’s place, humans included” (3).

Imperiously means....

• Not under human control; fierce or violent

• having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of someone who gives orders and expects other people to obey them

• Someone who travels from place to place to attack others

• not able to be stopped or changed

“The facts of his life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused” (13).

Cunning means...

• getting what is wanted in a clever and often deceptive way

• Very strong, smart 

• Hidden, buried, sleeping 

• Not under human control; fierce or violent