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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of reputation does Buck have after killing Spitz?

2. How many dogs comprise the team of the new and inexperienced owner of Buck?

3. What emotion does Buck feel for the first time with John?

4. What does Buck like to do at night after becoming the leader?

5. How does Buck feel about getting a new owner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when the dogs try to pull the overloaded sled of the inexperienced men?

8. What happens on the morning Dave is killed?

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between the dogs on the dog team change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Each of the dogs had very different characteristics and personalities. What are the defining features of each of the dogs, and how does their individuality affect the course of the plot?

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