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

2. What does John call the inexperienced men when they brag about making it to the camp?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Fools.
(d) Blessed.

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

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

5. What do the owners do to the dogs that refuse to pull the sled any longer?
(a) They are buried in the snow as if they are dead.
(b) They are beaten to death.
(c) They are shot.
(d) They are left to freeze.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the inexperienced men die?

2. How does John treat his dogs?

3. How does Buck perform after Spitz is killed?

4. What does John tell the inexperienced men not to do?

5. What does Francois think has happened when Buck returns to camp alone after the hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Dave after running the same trail too many times?

2. What do Hal and Charles brag about to John Thornton, and how does John respond?

3. How does John treat his dogs?

4. How does Buck first know that his new owners are not experienced?

5. Why are the men and the dogs not able to rest when they return to Skaguay from Dawson?

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

7. What does Buck do to cement his role as the leader under his new owners?

8. Why is John left at the river?

9. What crazy command does John ask of Buck one day that Buck heedlessly tries to follow?

10. How does Buck feel when he begins the journey with his new and inexperienced owners?

(see the answer keys)

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