"The Call of the Wild" Chapters 1-5 QUIZ

In chapter 1, we meet Toots and Ysabel, two of Judge Miller's other "pet" dogs. Buck basically ignores them.

What breed was Buck?

[blank_start]Manuel[blank_end] betrays Judge Miller by selling Buck to pay off his gambling debts.

After Buck is sold, he first travels by [blank_start]train[blank_end] to reach Seattle; from Seattle, he travels by [blank_start]boat[blank_end] to reach Alaska.

Buck learns about the "law of the club" when the man in the red sweater...

The "Law of the Club" means that a [blank_start]dog[blank_end] should never attack an armed [blank_start]human[blank_end]

In Chapter 2, Buck learns about the "Law of the Fang" after the good-natured [blank_start]Curly[blank_end] is killed simply for trying to make friendly advances towards a husky dog only half her size.

After Buck's first lesson about the "Law of the Fang" in Chapter 2, Buck resolves that he will never...

Buck learns how to be a sled dog in chapter 2. [blank_start]Dave[blank_end], an experienced wheeler, nips at Buck whenever he makes a mistake. [blank_start]Spitz[blank_end], the lead dog, growls at him warningly from his front post. Buck learns quickly from these two dogs, which pleases Francois.

Buck learns to sleep by burying a hole (also known as a "nest") in the snow, in which he can curl up to sleep warmly and comfortably in the cold weather. Who "shows" him this survival technique?

Buck learns to steal food for survival, which shows us that he is becoming more "[blank_start]wild[blank_end]" and becoming less "[blank_start]civilized[blank_end]."

At the beginning of Chapter 3, Buck finds a certain dog occupying his sleeping nest (hole in the ground that he has dug for warmth). This arouses the "beast" in Buck, and he springs upon this dog "with a fury." Which dog is this?

In chapter 3, "four or five score of starving [blank_start]huskies[blank_end]" invade Buck's camp, attack the dogs, and try to steal all of the food supplies.

In the encounter with the wild huskies, Spitz chooses to focus his attack on which individual?

Chapter 3 ends with a big fight between Spitz and Buck, in which Spitz almost kills Buck and walks away as the winner.

At the beginning of chapter 4, Francois and Perrault need to pick a new sled dog leader for their team. Which dog do they choose?

Buck disagrees with Francois and Perrault's choice to place Sol-leks as the lead dog on his team, as he feels that he deserves the right to be leader. He [blank_start]attacks[blank_end] Sol-leks repeatedly, while forcing Perrault and Francois to [blank_start]chase[blank_end] him around camp until they allow him to be the new leader.

What kind of leader does Buck prove to be as the lead dog on his sled team in chapter 4?

At the end of Chapter 4, the team has [blank_start]successfully[blank_end] completed their task of delivering [blank_start]mail[blank_end] to the town of Dawson.

At the beginning of chapter 5, we discover that the dogs are "dead tired" because... In this chapter, we discover that in the last five months they have traveled twenty-five thousand miles with only five days' rest.

Because of the popularity of the Gold Rush, worthless, tired, and weak dogs are "gotten rid of." Thus, before the team is fully rested after they arrive in Dawson, two men from the States buy them — "harness and all, for a song." What does "harness and all, for a song" mean?

In chapter 5, what are the names of the new owners who buy Buck's dog team in Dawson? Select all that apply!

When the dogs leave Dawson with their new owners, the dogs are very [blank_start]exhausted[blank_end].

What examples prove that Buck's new owners are inexperienced to drive a sled dog team or survive in the wilderness? Select all that apply:

Due to the new owner's inexperience and inability to be good dog team masters, the dogs in Buck's team begin dying off one by one, until only five experienced dogs remain.

Near the end of chapter 5, London writes: ""It seemed that Buck sensed disaster close at hand, out there ahead on the ice." What tragic event is foreshadowed in this quote?

By the end of chapter 5, the new owners have reach the camp of John Thornton. What happens after they reach Thornton's camp? Select all that apply: