Call of the Wild study guide – Flashcards
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why does buck not read the newspaper
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because dogs cant read
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what is the yellow metal found in the Artic darkness
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gold
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who is bucks first owner
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judge miller
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who kidnaps buck from his home
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manuel
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in what year does the story take place
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1897
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what does buck experience for the first time with the man in the red sweater
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being beaten with a club
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who are perrault and francois
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french canadian men who got dogs to train to be in the snow and probably race
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explain how the husky dogs fought differently from most dogs and more like wolves
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they would strike and then leap away
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why is buck shocked when francois fastens straps and buckles on him
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he remembers that back home it was for work horses
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what did the name sol-leks mean
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the angry one
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why was buck unable to sleep and how did he solve the problem
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he buried himself under the snow
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what would buck eat for his daily rations
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pound and a half of sun dried salmon
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why was bucks ability to steal food viewed by the author in a positive way
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he had to adapt because he was hungry and not worry about someone else getting the blame
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why did the premordial beast continue to grow in buck
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because of the fierce conditions of trail life
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what finally drove buck to attack spitz
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when buck came back spitz was in his warm nest that buck had made
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what made the dogs that invaded their camp look so terrifying and fierce
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the looked like skeletons if they didnt eat they would probably die
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why would the thirty mile river require six days of exhausting toil to cover
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because it was an open frozen river waiting for one to fall through
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why was francois forced to kill dolly
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she had went mad and started attacking buck
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why did spitz decide this was the time to attack buck
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buck was exhausted from trying to break away from dolly
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why were the other dogs no longer afraid of spitz
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they saw buck and him equal fighting for leadership and buck would also help them
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why did francois state that they would now be able to make good time
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they didnt have spitz anymore which meant no trouble
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why did the two men have such a difficult time when they tried to harness buck to the sled
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because buck wanted to be the lead dog and wouldnt go close to the men with the club
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why were they able to travel out faster on the thirty mile river than going in
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the river and buck at the front made it easier
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who was bucks new owner in ch 4
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a scotch half breed
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what load were they pulling on the sled
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mail
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describe what happened to dave
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he became really sick and hurt enought to the point he couldnt pull his sled so the scotch shot him
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how much weight had buck lost by the time they arrived in skagway
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twenty five pounds
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why were the dogs tired in the fifth chapter
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they had traveled 2500 miles in less than five months and had no time in between to recuperate
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why were the dogs unable to pull the sled in ch 5
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it had a heavy load and the dogs were stuck down in the snow
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what advice were they given by the spectators that had watched the whole fiasco
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to have half the load and twice the dogs
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how many new dogs did charles and hal purchase for the team
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6
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how many previous times had buck covered the distance between salt water and dawson
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4
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what actions of mercedes slowed down the dog team so that they could no longer pull the sled
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she insisted that she ride on the sled and not listen to the guys
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why did moisture come into john thorntons eyes
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he witnessed the cruel punishment of the dogs
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what did thornton threaten to do if hal continued his actions
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he would kill him
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what tradgedy occured at the end of ch 5
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the sled and all the dogs fell through except buck who thornton followed his traces
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why was thornton limping slightly at the time he rescued buck
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he had froze his feet in the previous december
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what were thornton, buck, skeet, and nig waiting for
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the raft to come carry them to dawson
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why was thornton an ideal master
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he saw the welfare of dogs as his children instead of a sense of duty
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why could buck never steal from john thornton
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he loved and respected him
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who were hans and pete
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thorntons partners that arrived on the raft
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what did thornton claim buck could do
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pull a thousand pound load from a standing start
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how much money did the shookum bench king offer for buck
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1200 dollars
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in ch 7 they took months seaching for what place
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a fable gold mine near lost cabin
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what noise causes buck to spring from his sleep with a start
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the howl of a timber wolf
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how does buck react with the yeehats
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he kills some of them but the rest went into the forest saying he was an evil spirit
