WorksheetsThe Call of the Wild
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 18mins
The literary movement, Naturalism, came as
a reaction to Romanticism, which celebrated high emotion and adventure.
an expression of the American spirit of adventure.
a call to travel into the great outdoors and reconnect to nature.
a reaction to Industrialization and the pollution it was causing.
What lesson did Buck learn from the red-sweatered man with the club?
Kindness will only be prepaid with violence
The man with the club is not to be trusted
The primitive law of survival of the fittest is supreme
Having a job will give you purpose and a reason to live
What trait does Buck show early on that will help him to survive?
ruthlessness
adaptability
friendliness
attractiveness
Which of the following describes the fight between Buck and Spitz?
fair and honorable
to the death
fun and games
training for the future
What kind of leader was Buck?
He knew how to be a strong sled dog but not how to handle his team.
He played tricks on Francois and Perrault and goofed around with the rest of the team.
He was lazy and often refused to pull the sled because he was too tired.
He was intelligent and earned the teams respect.
Buck begins to dream by the fire. What is his dream?
He dreams about being back home at Judge Miller's house curled up in front of a fire.
He dreams that the man with the club has found him and will beat him to death.
He dreams of his future as the lead sled dog.
He dreams of the prehistoric ancestors who first lived among the wolves.
Which of the following traits does NOT apply to the trio: Hal, Charles and Mercedes?
They care about the health and well being of their dogs.
They have a lot of money but not a lot of common sense.
They are too proud and refuse to listen to advice.
They are greedy and selfish.
Buck shows his love for Thornton in many ways. Which of the following is NOT an action Buck performs out of love?
Buck attacks someone in a bar who goes after Thornton.
Buck sleeps close to Thornton and protects him during the night.
Buck pulls a sled weighed down with one thousand pounds to win a bet for Thornton.
Buck rescues Thornton from the river.
Which explains the quote, "He had killed man, the noblest game of all"?
Buck joins the wolf pack and turns against Thornton.
Buck loses all domestication and love for man and runs away to join the wolf pack.
The wolf pack attacks a moose herd and kills the bull moose himself.
Buck kills the Yeehats, the natives, who attacked Thornton's camp.
The legend of the "Ghost Dog" is
a story told in the Yukon about a brave sled dog that saved his master from death.
a myth among the Yeehats about a wolf that haunts the forest at night howling.
a story about an evil spirit that kills hunters in the forest and steals from the Yeehat camp.
a legend that tells the tale of Buck, the greatest sled dog, who joins the wolves in the wild.
