Studysync: The Call of the Wild
Authored by Rema Albiraihy
English
8th Grade
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This quiz centers on close reading and literary analysis of Jack London's classic novel *The Call of the Wild*, specifically focusing on character development, theme identification, and vocabulary comprehension. Designed for 8th grade students, this assessment requires sophisticated reading skills including making inferences from textual evidence, analyzing character motivations and relationships, interpreting figurative language, and understanding complex vocabulary in context. Students must demonstrate their ability to trace the central theme of primitive instincts versus civilization through Buck's transformation, analyze the power dynamics between characters like Buck, Spitz, and François, and comprehend London's philosophical reflections on nature and survival. The quiz demands that students synthesize information across multiple paragraphs, distinguish between literal and symbolic meanings, and support their interpretations with specific textual evidence—all hallmarks of advanced middle school literary analysis. Created by Rema Albiraihy, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 8. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a formative assessment tool to gauge student comprehension during a novel study unit, as review material before summative tests, or as structured homework to reinforce close reading skills. Teachers can use individual sections for targeted instruction—the inference and character analysis questions work well as discussion starters, while the vocabulary section provides essential academic word practice. The quiz aligns with Common Core standards RL.8.1 (citing textual evidence to support inferences), RL.8.2 (determining theme and analyzing its development), RL.8.3 (analyzing character development and interactions), and L.8.4 (determining word meanings in context). The combination of multiple-choice format with text-dependent questions makes this an ideal tool for both individual assessment and collaborative learning activities, helping students develop the analytical thinking skills essential for high school literature courses.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following inferences best explains the cause of Francois’ “great trouble and vexation” in Paragraph 1?
They made Sixty Mile, which is a fifty-mile run, on the first day; and the second day saw them booming up the Yukon well on their way to Pelly. But such splendid running was achieved not without great trouble and vexation on the part of Francois. The insidious revolt led by Buck had destroyed the solidarity of the team. It no longer was as one dog leaping in the traces. The encouragement Buck gave the rebels led them into all kinds of petty misdemeanors.
A. He is unprepared for the harsh weather conditions.
B. He has lost control of the dogs after Buck stands up to Spitz.
C. His dogs aren’t able to complete the Sixty Mile trail in time.
D. He is forced to whip the dogs more often.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is most likely the meaning of red-handed as it is used in the following passage from Paragraph 2?
His lash was always singing among the dogs, but it was of small avail. Directly his back was turned they were at it again. He backed up Spitz with his whip, while Buck backed up the remainder of the team. Francois knew he was behind all the trouble, and Buck knew he knew; but Buck was too clever ever again to be caught red-handed.
A. in the act
B. fighting
C. with blood on his hands
D. easily
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the following passage from Paragraph 1 reveal about Spitz?
Buck never came near Spitz without snarling and bristling menacingly. In fact, his conduct approached that of a bully, and he was given to swaggering up and down before Spitz's very nose.
A. Spitz is the largest dog in the group.
B. Spitz has no rivals in the group.
C. Spitz doesn’t pay any attention to Francois’ orders.
D. Spitz and Buck are rivals.
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CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the context of this excerpt, the “call of the wild” most likely refers to .
A. the sound a pack of dogs make
B. man’s fear of the wilderness
C. the Klondike Gold Rush
D. untamed natural instincts
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the reader learn about Buck in Paragraphs 4 and 5?
All that stirring of old instincts which at stated periods drives men out from the sounding cities to forest and plain to kill things by chemically propelled leaden pellets, the blood lust, the joy to kill—all this was Buck's, only it was infinitely more intimate. He was ranging at the head of the pack, running the wild thing down, the living meat, to kill with his own teeth and wash his muzzle to the eyes in warm blood.
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad on a stricken field and refusing quarter; and it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time. He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars and over the face of dead matter that did not move.
A. Buck will need to eat more often to survive in the wild.
B. Buck possesses a natural instinct to hunt and kill.
C. Buck is worried he’ll get lost.
D. Buck wants to prove his bravery to his master, Francois.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?
A. “... straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.”
B. “This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame”
C. “He worked faithfully in the harness, for the toil had become a delight to him; yet it was a greater delight slyly to precipitate a fight amongst his mates and tangle the traces.”
D. “And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.”
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is a main theme of the text?
Which of the following is a main theme of the text?
B. Human beings are too irresponsible to own pets.
C. Both men and animals possess natural instincts for survival.
D. Buck and Spitz overcame their differences to become friends.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
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