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Multiple Choice Questions:
B 1. On his first day on the Dyea beach, Buck found that the men and dogs were all savages who
(A) were thieves and murderers with no consciences,
(B) knew no law but the law of club and fang,
(C) wouldn’t hesitate to kill a dog showing fear.
A 2. The husky dog that Curly made advances to in her friendly way
(A) leaped at her and ripped her face open from eye to jaw,
(B) snarled and barked viciously, attracting the attention of the rest of the dogs on the beach,
(C) cowered, because she was twice his size.
B 3. Curly was attacked and savagely killed by thirty or forty huskies that surrounded her when
(A) she had her opponent on the ground with her teeth in his throat,
(B) the dog she was fighting with knocked her off her feet,
(C) she tried to run from the animal that was attacking her.
C 4. Curly’s death taught Buck that
(A) each fight was to the death, and running from it guaranteed a quick end,
(B) the pack always ridded itself of its weakest members with no mercy,
(C) there was no fair play, and once you were down, that was the end of you.
A 5. Buck felt a bitter and deathless hatred for Spitz when he saw the dog
(A) run out his scarlet tongue in a way he had of laughing after the dog fight that ended Curly’s life,
(B) continue to rip at Curly’s lifeless body after the fight was over and François had driven the other dogs away,
(C) render the last snarling bite that ended Curly’s life.
C 6. When the two huskies Billee and Joe were added to Perrault’s team, the dog Spitz
(A) accepted both of them immediately as equals and teammates,
(B) brutally attacked both of them causing them to cry in appeasement,
(C) bit Billee and drove him to the confines of the camp, but Joe faced Spitz’s attacks with snarling and diabolically gleaming eyes.
B 7. When Buck tried to enter the tent to sleep, both Perrault and François
(A) drove him back out into the cold,
(B) allowed him to curl up in a back corner near some wooden crates,
(C) ignored his presence, but Spitz drove him back outside.
A 8. Buck learned from his team-mate Billee that dogs slept warmly in the cold by
(A) digging and curling up in a hole that filled with their own body heat,
(B) positioning themselves side-by-side against a tent or some other structure,
(C) curling up on the sheltered side of a barrel or any object located on the ground.
B 9. Perrault was gladdened by the possession of Buck because he
(A) could see that the dog had more strength than the ordinary dog for pulling heavy loads,
(B) was anxious to secure the best dogs for his job as courier of important dispatches for the Canadian Government,
(C) had been having a string of bad luck with dogs that were not able to adjust to the cold.
C 10. Buck was surprised at the eagerness of the team and
(A) the manner in which Perrault managed to communicate to all nine dogs,
(B) the change in Dave and Sol-leks who became alert and active and seemed to take delight in their work,
(C) the speed at which they could travel as if they were one dog.
C 11. Buck was purposely placed between Dave and Sol-leks so that they could teach him, and he
(A) found himself bitten and whipped with almost every step,
(B) was so intimidated by their presence that he made many mistakes,
(C) found it better to heed their instruction than to retaliate against their sharp teeth and François’s whip.
A 12. Buck learned that he must eat quickly or be robbed of his unfinished ration, and by watching and learning he managed to
(A) keep the other dogs away from his food,
(B) steal a whole chunk of bacon when Perrault’s back was turned,
(C) catch an occasional mouse or rat.
C 13. Which of the following was NOT part of Buck’s rapid decivilization?
(A) He grew callous to ordinary pain and he could eat anything,
(B) He could hear and know the meaning of the faintest sound,
(C) He lost all memories of his former life on Judge Miller’s estate.
A 14. As a changed animal, Buck’s most conspicuous trait was an ability to
(A) scent the wind and forecast the way it would blow,
(B) scent moving water deep under the ice and snow,
(C) cunningly steal food from men and other dogs.
B 15. On the still cold nights when Buck pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike,
(A) he was mourning the passing of his old life and the brutal life he had been forced into,
(B) it was the instincts of his ancestors coming down through the centuries and through him,
(C) he was expressing the strength he felt in his soul.
Answer Bank:
- Howled
- His sleeping nest
- François
- Went mad
- Howled
- Starving huskies
- The 30 Mile River
- A fight to the death
- Buck
- Dawson
Yes or No Questions:
No 1. Were François and Perrault furious when they realized that Buck had killed Spitz?
Yes 2. When they tried to harness him in his old place in front of Dave, did Buck run from François and Perrault for the better part of an hour?
Yes 3. Did Buck allow himself to be harnessed only after François threw down his club and he was granted the lead-dog position?
Yes 4. Did Buck show that he was superior to Spitz as a lead-dog and also excel in giving the law and making the rest of the team live up to it?
Yes 5. Under Buck’s leadership, did the team recover its old-time solidarity?
Yes 6. In their fourteen-day record run, had the dogs averaged forty miles a day when they entered Skaguay?
No 7. Were Buck and his companions the only dog-team that started back over the weary trail to Dawson?
No 8. Was the journey back to Dawson the same easy, record-breaking trip that Buck and the team made into Skaguay?
Yes 9. Sleeping before the fire, did the memories of Buck’s heredity lead him back to visions of a man who did not stand erect and of great beasts of prey circling in the darkness?
Yes 10. Since the beginning of the winter, had Buck and the other dogs traveled eighteen hundred miles?
Yes 11. Was Buck, like the rest of the dogs, very tired?
No 12. Were the men able to determine what was wrong with Dave when he became morose and irritable?
Yes 13. Did the men consider it a mercy to allow Dave to die in the traces rather than break his heart by denying him the pride of his work?
Yes 14. Did Dave die in the traces running in his usual place in front of the sled?
No 15. When the revolver-shot rang out, were Buck and the other dogs unaware of what it meant?