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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. How cold is it when the team breaks through ice in the river?
(a) 20 below zero.
(b) 50 below zero.
(c) 40 below zero.
(d) 30 below zero.

2. What attacks the campsite after Buck takes a stand with Spitz?
(a) A pack of wolves.
(b) A group of indians.
(c) Another dog team.
(d) A group of wild huskies.

3. What are the men at the first camp building when Buck gets there?
(a) Wagons.
(b) Buildings.
(c) Mine shafts.
(d) Boats.

4. What happens to the dog who will not stop attacking the man who unloads the dogs?
(a) He is locked up.
(b) He dies.
(c) He is fed to the other dogs.
(d) He is sent away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Spitz threatened by Buck?

2. Who does Buck watch get killed after getting off the ship?

3. How is Buck transferred after being sold by the cruel man?

4. What is the name of the man who whips Buck when he is put in his harness?

5. What does Dave do when Buck makes a mistake?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Buck see for the first time when he gets off the ship, and how does he react to it?

3. How do the dogs react when they begin the work of pulling the sled?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Francois do when Buck's feet show the strain of the heavy work?

10. How is Curly killed?

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