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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 many dogs comprise the team of the new and inexperienced owner of Buck?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

2. How do John's dogs react when John takes on Buck's care as well?
(a) They were jealous of him.
(b) They gladly welcomed him.
(c) They fought him.
(d) They ignored him.

3. What does John do to the man beating Buck?
(a) Threatens to shoot him.
(b) Charges him with a whip.
(c) Punches him.
(d) Pays him for Buck.

4. What does Buck want to be with other dogs?
(a) The father.
(b) The leader.
(c) The follower.
(d) The protector.

5. 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 laughs in their faces.
(d) He keeps raising the price.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the journey the dogs take to return to Skaguay?

2. How do the inexperienced men die?

3. Who haunts Buck at John's fireside?

4. What does Buck do to other men that he refuses to do to John?

5. What does Buck see that lets him know his new owners are clueless?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Buck do to other men that he does not do to John?

2. What does Buck like to do at night while he is on the trail?

3. What does Buck feel for the first time when he is with John and how does he show this?

4. What is Buck reminded of as he spends time recuperating with John and his dogs?

5. What happens when the team is being prepared to run after Spitz has been killed?

6. What bet does Buck win for John one day and how does Thornton react to this?

7. How does John treat his dogs?

8. Why is John left at the river?

9. What does John do when he sees the men beating Buck before they cross the river?

10. What happens on the morning Dave is killed?

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