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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dave enjoy doing?
(a) Working.
(b) Eating.
(c) Playing.
(d) Sleeping.

2. How does Buck feel about humans at the beginning of the book?
(a) He is protective of them.
(b) He respects them.
(c) He hates them.
(d) He fears them.

3. Who intervenes with the intended punishment to the dog who refuses to get out of his sleeping hole?
(a) Buck.
(b) Spitz.
(c) Francois.
(d) Sol-lecks.

4. What does the man hit Buck with when he is finally unloaded?
(a) A chair.
(b) A whip.
(c) His hand.
(d) A club.

5. What is the name of the man who whips Buck when he is put in his harness?
(a) Frank.
(b) Francois.
(c) Frances.
(d) Ferdinand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man with the whip's partner?

2. Who commits the kill that Buck watches after getting off the ship?

3. How many dogs are in the team before Buck begins his first journey?

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

5. Who kills the animal the dogs are hunting in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens that leads Buck to initiate the first fight with Spitz?

4. How does Buck feel during the hunt for the rabbit?

5. What does Francois use to train Buck on the harness, and how does Buck feel about it?

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

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

8. What damage is done when the camp is attacked by a pack of wild dogs?

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

10. How does the man in the red sweater react to Buck's anger and ferocity?

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