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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buck take great pride in on the trail?

2. How is the first dog on the team to go mad killed?

3. What are men mining in the Yukon at the time of this book?

4. Who breaks the trail for the dogs after leaving the first camp?

5. What happens to the dog who will not stop attacking the man who unloads the dogs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Buck awakens after he takes his first beating?

2. How does Buck stay warm in the snow on his first night at Dyea?

3. How is Buck changed when he is released from his rope by the men who unload him from the train?

4. Where in the harness line is Buck placed, and why?

5. What happens when Pike refuses to get out of his sleeping hole?

6. What is Buck forced to realize when he gets off the ship at Dyea?

7. What does Spitz do when he becomes threatened by Buck?

8. What does Spitz do that makes Buck hate him?

9. How is Buck described at the beginning of the book?

10. How does Buck feel about humans at the beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how does the presence of these feelings change the characters who were involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

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