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Call of the Wild Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
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1.

These adjectives best describe Buck in the beginning of The Call of the Wild.

a)

sweet and timid

b)

rageful and violent

c)

imperious and arrogant

d)

lazy and privileged

2.

Cause: Manuel has many children and a gambling problem.

Effect:

a)

Manuel runs a black market dog fighting ring

b)

Manuel steals Buck from Judge Judy

c)

Manuel sells Buck to Perrault

d)

Manuel steals Buck from Judge Miller

3.

The Man in the Red Sweater can best be described as...

a)

ruthlessly efficient at dog-breaking.

b)

a good friend of Perrault.

c)

someone terrified of dogs.

d)

more of a cat guy than a dog guy.

4.

Traits that accurately describe Francois. Choose more than one!

a)

skilled at dog mushing

b)

a great accent

c)

not a big fan of Buck

d)

fair

5.

Perrault purchases two dogs from the Man in the Red Sweater. Buck and

a)

Curly

b)

Spitz

c)

Dave

d)

Sol-Leks

6.

Spitz and Buck's fight to the death was interrupted by

a)

starving wolves that attacked the camp.

b)

a severe storm

c)

an attack by Native peoples

d)

starving huskies that attacked the camp.

7.

After Buck defeats Spitz in their epic battle

a)

Buck viciously attacks Dave.

b)

Buck kills Sol-Leks for daring to take the lead dog position.

c)

Buck leaves the team.

d)

Buck refuses to be placed anywhere in the team besides lead dog.

8.

Francois and Perrault get different orders, so Buck and his team...

a)

get sold to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes.

b)

get to rest for awhile

c)

go back to the Man in the red Sweater.

d)

get transferred to the mail train with the Scotch Half-Breed.

9.

Choose traits that are accurate for Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. More than 1.

a)

experienced.

b)

inexperienced.

c)

selfish.

d)

cruel.

10.

Hal, Charles, and Mercedes

a)

lose Buck to John Thornton and then lose their lives.

b)

find gold and get rich.

c)

become quite good at dog-mushing.

d)

are just plain awesome!

11.

Buck saves John Thornton

a)

from a revenge attack by Hal.

b)

from a high cliff.

c)

from drowning.

d)

from clinical depression.

12.

Buck wins John Thornton (a)   by breaking free and pulling 1,000 pounds a hundred yards.

13.

John Thornton decides to travel east into wild territory to

a)

visit his friends, the Yeehats.

b)

answer the call of the wild.

c)

discover the legendary lost gold mine.

d)

become governor of Alaska.

14.

These events occurred for John Thornton and his friends. More than 1.

a)

They find a placer (shallow river) rich in gold.

b)

They were attacked by wild animals.

c)

They were attacked and killed by Yeehat Indians.

d)

They returned to Dawson.

15.

Put a checkmark by all of the things that Buck kills in chapter 7.

a)

bear

b)

wolverine

c)

moose

d)

people

e)

wolves

16.

Buck discovers, in his rage at the death of John Thornton,

a)

that humans are easier to kill than dogs.

b)

that humans are unstoppable.

c)

that he would soon be a pet of the Yeehats.

d)

that wolves would never accept Buck.

17.

When wolves surround and attack Buck,

a)

he kills several, and becomes the leader of the wolf pack.

b)

they kill him, and the novel ends in tragedy.

c)

they chase him back to Dawson.

d)

the wild wolf brother returns, and they defeat the pack, back to back.

18.

For years afterward, the Yeehats

a)

avoid a certain valley, believing it to be haunted by a massive ghost dog.

b)

hunt endlessly for Buck.

c)

keep going back for John Thornton's gold.

d)

befriend the wolf pack that Buck took over.

19.

Which location did Buck not spend any time in during the novel?

a)

Santa Clara

b)

San Francisco

c)

Dawson City

d)

Skagway

e)

Los Angeles

20.

Choose people that we've met in the novel:

a)

Harrison Ford

b)

Judge Miller

c)

Francois

d)

Hal

e)

Spitz

21.
How does Buck save John Thornton's life?
a)
Buck kills a man who is about the shoot Thornton
b)
Buck fends off attacking Yeehat Indians
c)
Buck pulls his master back when Thornton is about to fall off a cliff
d)
When Thornton gets caught in the rapids, Buck swims to him and pulls him to safety
22.
What happens to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes after they leave John Thornton's?
a)
They reach Dawson unscathed
b)
Their sled and team breaks through the ice and they drown
c)
They are ambushed by Yeehat Indians
d)
They die of starvation
23.
How did the setting of this book affect Buck's character? 
a)
The wilderness cause Buck to adapt and answer the call of the wild.
b)
The hot climate caused Buck to ignore the call of the wild.
c)
The wilderness caused Buck to never go back home.
d)
The setting did not affect Buck's character.
24.
What is a theme?
a)
The symbols used in the story
b)
A character's transformation throughout the story
c)
The conflict of the story
d)
The overall lesson of the story