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The Call of the Wild Practice Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 In a way that is completely harmless

a)

Innocuously

b)

Feigned

c)

Obdurate

d)

Primordial

2.

In a sad or serious way   

a)

Arduous

b)

Imperiously

c)

Lugubriously

d)

Obdurate

3.

defiance of authority; refusal to obey orders

a)

Obdurate

b)

Insubordination

c)

Potent

d)

Imperiously

4.

Involving or requiring strenuous effort

a)

Arduous

b)

Pervaded

c)

Primordial

d)

Potent

5.

Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval

a)

Potent

b)

Pervaded

c)

Primordial

d)

Obdurate

6.

Spread through and be perceived in every part

a)

Pervaded

b)

Assailed

c)

Potent

d)

Formidable

7.

In an unpleasantly proud way and expecting to be obeyed

a)

Innocuously

b)

Insubordination

c)

Imperiously

d)

Lugubriously

8.

Make a concerted or violent attack on

a)

Assailed

b)

Assailant

c)

Arduous

d)

Feigned

9.

Untidy; not cared for

a)

Unkempt

b)

Potent

c)

Obdurate

d)

Feigned

10.

A person who physically attacks another

a)

Assailed

b)

Assailant

c)

Potent

d)

Unkempt

11.

(of an animal) tame and kept as a pet or on a farm

a)

Insubordination

b)

Primordial

c)

Formidable

d)

Domesticated

12.

Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

a)

Formidable

b)

Imperiously

c)

Obdurate

d)

Potent

13.

Having or wielding force, authority, or influence

a)

Arduous

b)

Formidable

c)

Potent

d)

Primordial

14.

Not genuine or real

a)

Domesticated

b)

Feigned

c)

Unkempt

d)

Potent

15.

Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large

a)

Innocuously

b)

Obdurate

c)

Potent

d)

Formidable

16.

What is Buck?

a)

A dog, half St. Bernard and half Scottish shepherd

b)

An Arabian stallion      

c)

a young gold hunter

d)

An Alaskan wolf

17.

Where does Buck live at the beginning of the novel?

a)

Nome, Alaska   

b)

The Santa Clara Valley, in California 

c)

Vermont

d)

Flagstaff, Arizona

18.

What is the name of Buck’s first master?

a)

John Thornton  

b)

 Manuel  

c)

Judge Miller

d)

Mercedes

19.

Who kidnaps Buck from his home?

a)

Hal and Charles

b)

Yeehat Indians

c)

Judge Miller

d)

Manuel, a gardener

20.

Which dog gets killed immediately upon her arrival in the North?

a)

Curly

b)

Spitz

c)

Mercedes

d)

Koona

21.

What is the profession of Francois and Perrault?

a)

Gold hunters

b)

 Mail carriers

c)

 Dog trainers

d)

Fur traders

22.

Who is Buck's great rival on the team of dogs?

a)

Teeka

b)

Spitz

c)

Koona

d)

Sol-leks

23.

What event intervenes to stop a fight between Buck and Spitz?

a)

An avalanche

b)

An attack by Indians

c)

A flash flood 

d)

An attack by wild dogs

24.

What event brings about the final confrontation between Buck and Spitz

a)

A wild chase after a rabbit

b)

A dispute over some food

c)

A fire in the camp

d)

The death of Billee

25.

What does Buck demand after Spitz's death?

a)

More food

b)

Less work

c)

That he be made the lead dog

d)

That he be allowed to run wild

26.

Who buys Buck and the other dogs when they are sold by the mail company?

a)

John Thornton

b)

Hal and Charles

c)

Judge Miller

d)

Matthewson

27.

What does Mercedes insist on doing that slows the sled down?

a)

Stopping frequently to feed the dogs

b)

Buying fewer dogs 

c)

Taking shortcuts over patches of dirt

d)

Riding on the sled herself

28.

What happens to the dogs during Hal and Charles's trip to Dawson?

a)

They begin to die of starvation 

b)

They make record time

c)

They break their harnesses and escape to the woods

d)

They attack one another

29.

How does John Thornton save Buck’s life?

a)

He shoots Hal and Charles

b)

He pulls them out of the frozen river

c)

He prevents Hal from beating him to death

d)

He gets medicine for Buck in Dawson

30.

What happens to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes after they leave John Thornton's?

a)

They reach Dawson unscathed  

b)

They are ambushed by Yeehat Indians

c)

Their sled team breaks through the ice and they drown

d)

They die of starvation

31.

How does Buck save John Thornton's life?

a)

Buck kills a man who is about to shoot Thornton

b)

Buck fends off an attack by Yeehat Indians

c)

Buck pulls his master back when Thornton is about to fall of a cliff

d)

When Thornton gets caught in the rapids, Buck swims to him and pulls him to safety

32.

What bet does Thornton win with Matthewson?

a)

That Buck can outrun a train   

b)

That Buck can move a sled loaded with a thousand lbs.

c)

That Buck will do anything Thornton orders him to do

d)

That Buck can find buried treasure

33.

 What does Buck do when Thornton gets into a bar fight?

a)

He cowers under the bar 

b)

He drags Thornton outside by the collar

c)

He leaps at the throat of Thornton’s assailant

d)

He runs to find the police

34.

What quest sends Thornton and his friends into the wilderness?

a)

The search for a legendary lost mine

b)

The search for Thornton’s missing brother

c)

The search for the Northwest Passage

d)

The search for a lost tribe of Indians

35.

While the men camp and look for gold, what does Buck do?

a)

He scouts for hostile Indians 

b)

He returns to Dawson carrying messages

c)

He sleeps all day

d)

He spends long periods of time in the forest, making contact with wolves

36.

What kind of animal does Buck spend four days hunting?

a)

A mountain lion

b)

A moose

c)

 A polar bear   

d)

A wolf

37.

What does Buck find when he returns from hunting?

a)

The camp was burned

b)

John Thornton has abandoned him and returned to Dawson

c)

The camp has been attacked by Yeehat Indians

d)

Nothing is amiss

38.

What happens to Thornton?

a)

He is killed by Indians

b)

He is lost in a blizzard and freezes to death

c)

 He dies of hunger

d)

He lives to a ripe old age in Nome

39.

What does Buck learn when he attacks the Yeehat Indians?

a)

That they are too strong for him 

b)

That he cannot kill humans

c)

That he can kill men, as long as they are not armed

d)

That arrows hurt

40.

What does Buck do at the end of the novel?

a)

He drowns

b)

He goes mad and is killed by John Thornton

c)

He is killed by wolves

d)

He joins a wolf pack and becomes a legendary figure in the wild