The Call of the Wild Study Guide – Flashcards

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Buck's greatest rival on the team of dogs
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Spitz
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Thornton won his bet that Buck could pull a sled loaded with ___ pounds of flour.
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1,000
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The dogs took great ___ in their work on the teams.
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pride
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The dogs begin to die of ___ during Hal and Charles's trip to Dawson
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starvation
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Was the only dog of the original team who survived
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Buck
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Without his ___ background, Buck never would have survived the Northland and led his wild brothers.
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hereditary
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Buck spends four days hunting a ___.
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moose
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Buck returned to the spot where ___ had died .
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Thornton
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Without the ___ __ ___ and improved transportation, Buck would probably have remained in California for life.
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discovery of gold
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Buck lived in the ___ ___ ___ at the beginning of the novel.
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Santa Clara Valley
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Buck began to respond more and more to the ___ of his own primitive nature.
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call
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___ ___ is the author of THE CALL OF THE WILD and later wrote WHITE FANG, which is the story of a wild dog woh became domesticated.
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Jack London
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Buck saves Thornton's life when Thornton gets caught in the rapids, Buck ___ to him and pulls him to safety.
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swims
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___ was shot by his owners because he was sick and could not get up to get in his harness.
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Dave
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The dogs survived extra wintry nights by ___ in the snow to sleep.
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digging
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Thornton wins a bet with Matthewson when Buck can move a sled with ___ pounds.
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1,000
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Charles and Hal die with their team when the ___ fell through the ice.
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sled
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The dogs ate mostly ___.
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fish
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Buck is a dog, half __. ___ and half Scotch shepherd.
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St. Bernard
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___ is the dog who gets killed immediately upon her arrival in the North.
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Dolly
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Francois and Perrault are ___ ___ (profession).
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mail carries
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___, a gardener, kidnaps Buck from his home.
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Manuel
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The event that intervenes to stop a fight between Buck and Spits is an attack by ___ ___.
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wild dogs
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Buck's great rival on the team of dogs is ___.
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Spitz
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___ ___ is Buck's first master.
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Judge Miller
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After Spitz's death, Buck demands that he be made ___ dog.
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lead
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A wild chase after a ___ is the event that brings about the final confrontation between Buck and Spitz.
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rabbit
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John Thornton saves Buck's life when he prevents Hal from ___ him to death.
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beating
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___ insists on riding on the sled herself, which slows the sled down.
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Mercedes
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___ and ___ buy Buck and the other dogs when they are sold by the mail company.
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Hal, Charles
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When Hal, Charles, and Mercedes leave John Thornton, their sled and team break through the ice and they ___.
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drown
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Buck spends long periods of time in the deep forest, making contact with ___ while the men camp and look for gold.
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wolves
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The search for ___ ___ ___ is the quest that sends Thornton and his friends into the wilderness.
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the Lost Cabin
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John Thornton is ___ by the Indians.
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killed
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Buck finds the camp has been attacked by ___ Indians when he returns from hunting.
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Yeehats
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When Thornton gets in a bar fight, Buck lea[s at the ___ of Thornton's assailant.
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throat
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Buck learns that when he attacks the Yeehat Indians that he can kill men, as ling as they are not ___.
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armed
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Buck loved John Thornton more than he had ever loved any of his ___.
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owners
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Buck expressed his love for Thornton by ___ Thornton's neck.
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nuzzling
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In the end Buck returns to the ___.
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wild
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the number one rule in a dogfight was ___ ___ ___.
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never go down
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___ has no respect or mercy for the rights of either mankind or animals.
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nature
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Buck learned that the nobles "game" of all was a ___ after he fought the Yeehats.
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human
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Buck joins a ___ ___ and becomes a legendary figure in the wild at the end of the novel.
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wolf pack
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