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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the wife of the man who purchases Buck after he returns to Skaguay?
(a) Melissa.
(b) Monica.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Meredith.

2. What do the inexperienced owners do to get the dogs to move faster?
(a) Break the trail for them.
(b) Dump things off their sled.
(c) Beat them.
(d) Feed them.

3. What is Buck so good at after Spitz is dead?
(a) Playing with the other dogs.
(b) Leading the pack.
(c) Raising morale in the pack.
(d) Getting the dogs to follow the rules.

4. How does John treat his dogs?
(a) Like slaves.
(b) Like they are his children.
(c) Like friends.
(d) Like his possessions.

5. Which dog develops an internal injury on the trail?
(a) Sol-lecks.
(b) Pike.
(c) Billee.
(d) Dave.

6. What kind of memories does Buck most enjoy thinking about at night after he has become the leader?
(a) Perrault and Francois.
(b) His time with the judge.
(c) Memories from his ancestors.
(d) His time with the man in the red sweater.

7. What does John say to all the offers to buy Buck from him?
(a) He threatens to kill them.
(b) He flatly refuses.
(c) He keeps raising the price.
(d) He laughs in their faces.

8. Who haunts Buck at John's fireside?
(a) Curly.
(b) Dave.
(c) Spitz.
(d) His ancestors.

9. What does Buck hear in the forest that stimulates old instincts?
(a) Howling.
(b) A growl.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) Gunfire.

10. What are most of the dogs on the team doing when they return to Skaguay?
(a) Dying.
(b) Limping.
(c) Starving.
(d) Mating.

11. What does Buck like to do at night after becoming the leader?
(a) Howl at the moon.
(b) Sleep near the tent.
(c) Fight.
(d) Stare into the fire.

12. What does Buck do that loses him the respect of his team?
(a) He bites the owner.
(b) He chews out of his harness.
(c) He falls in his harness.
(d) He eats a dead dog.

13. What does the inexperienced man threaten John with?
(a) A whip.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) An axe.

14. How is Dave killed?
(a) He freezes to death.
(b) He is killed by another dog.
(c) The driver shoots him.
(d) He is worked too hard on the trail.

15. How do the inexperienced men die?
(a) They fall into the river.
(b) They starve.
(c) The dogs turn on them.
(d) They freeze to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people do when Francois and Perrault deliver their mail in record time?

2. Why are the dogs unable to move the sled of their new owners?

3. What does John do when Buck tries to obey the crazy order?

4. What is Perrault ordered to do when they reach their destination?

5. Why does the new owner think the dogs are unable to move his sled?

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