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Call of the Wild : Chapters 1- part of 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the protagonist of the story?

a)

Manuel

b)

Buck

c)

Spitz

d)

Francois

2.

Who teaches Buck the Law of the Club?

a)

The Judge

b)

Manuel

c)

Francois

d)

the man with the red sweater

3.

What is the "Law of the Club?"

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4.

What is Buck's characteristic traits like when he's living at the Judge's place in California? Check all the apply Hint: there are 3

a)

sated aristocrat

b)

mean

c)

dignified and ruled over all in his domain

d)

angry

e)

took pride in himself

5.

How does Buck come to "leave" the Judge's place?

a)

Manuel kidnaps him and Buck goes with Manuel because he trusts the gardner.

b)

He is yearning to be free and roam like his ancestors did.

c)

He gets lost and separated from the judge when they're on a trip.

d)

He is kidnapped by the man in the red sweater.

6.

Buck is "broken and trained" by the man in the red sweater. Who does the man in the red sweater sell Buck to because "this man" knows dogs when he sees them and he thinks Buck will be one in 10,000.

a)

Spitz

b)

Perrault

c)

Narwhal

d)

Francois

7.

What good natured dog was also bought when Buck was, but gets killed right away?

a)

So leks

b)

Dave

c)

Curly

d)

Nawrhal

8.

What happens to first cause Buck to detest Spitz?

a)

Spitz ran out his tongue and "laughed" when Curly was killed by the mob of dogs.

b)

Spitz took his portion of food.

c)

Spitz steals Buck's sleeping nest.

d)

Spitz throws him with the harness when Buck is learning to pull the sled.

9.

Where does Buck learn the sled dogs sleep?

a)

They sneak into the tent with Francois.

b)

They climb up and sleep in a tree.

c)

They dig a hole and sleep under the snow in a "nest" they make.

d)

They lay in a big heap to stay warm.

10.

What 2 dogs want to be left alone, but seem to come to life when they're pulling the dogsled, and they teach how to work the sled Buck by nipping him, but only when needed?

a)

Spitz and Billee

b)

Dave and Spitz

c)

Dave and Sol-leks

d)

Sol-leks and Billee

11.

Which dog was the clever malingerer and thief that slyly stold a slice of bacon behind Perrault's back at which Buck copied in order to get more food?

a)

Curly

b)

Spitz

c)

Billee

d)

Pike

12.

In the Southland, Buck had lived under the law of love and fellowship, how does this contrast with the law of club and fang?

a)

Moral consideration and civilized behaviors are not followed now.

b)

Now Buck can act true to himself.

13.

Who does Spitz antagonize because he sees him as a threat to his leadership?

a)

Dave

b)

Sol-lecks

c)

Buck

d)

Pike

14.

What happens at Lake Le Barge?

a)

A group of starving Huskies from a neighboring Indian village sneak into camp and steal food and attack the sled dogs.

b)

Francois falls through the ice.

c)

Curly is bitten by Spitz and the other dogs kill her.

15.

What surprises Buck during the camp invasion by the hungry Huskies from the Indian village? Check all that apply . (hint: there are 2)

a)

Spitz tries to rush him and overthrow him, but Buck sees him from the corner of his eye, braces for the charge, and then runs to join the other sled dogs out on the lake away from the "mad" dogs.

b)

Buck is shocked by how terrifying and vicious the hunger-madness had made the huskies from the Indian village in their fight for food and against the sleddogs.

c)

How Spitz defends him against the hunger-mad huskies of the Indian village.

d)

How quick Perrault and Francois in securing the meat so only a little is lost to the huskies.

16.

What is it the Perrault and Francois do?

a)

They are going to Alaska to seek for gold.

b)

They are spies looking to gain information against the Russians.

c)

They are couriers for the Canadian government and carry important dispatches.

17.

What type of dog is Buck?

a)

Half wolf and half St. Bernard

b)

Half St. Bernard and half Doberman Pincher

c)

Half Scotch shepherd and half St. Bernard

d)

Half Scotch shepherd and half Newfoundland

18.

"One devil, dat Spitz," remarked Perrault. "Some day heem keel dat Buck."

"Dat Buck two devils," was Francois's rejoinder. "All de tam I watch that Buck I know for sure... some day heem get mad an den heem chew dat Spitz all up."

What does this foreshadow will happen in the future?

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19.

What dog goes "mad" and chases Buck and Francois calls Buck to come near him and then Francois hit that dog in the head with an axe to kill it and save Buck?

a)

Dolly

b)

Spitz

c)

Dave

d)

Pike

20.

Who is the MAIN antagonist in this story ?

a)

Buck

b)

Spitz

c)

Dave

d)

Sol-leks