Chapter One Questions
1) Write a one-paragraph summary of the major events in this chapter.
2) What is Buck’s life like at Judge Miller’s place?
3) Why does Buck go willingly with Manuel?
4) What does the man in the red sweater teach Buck? Why was this an important lesson for Buck to learn?
5) How does Buck react to the snow when he is taken to Alaska? Why?
2) What is Buck’s life like at Judge Miller’s place?
3) Why does Buck go willingly with Manuel?
4) What does the man in the red sweater teach Buck? Why was this an important lesson for Buck to learn?
5) How does Buck react to the snow when he is taken to Alaska? Why?
Chapter Two Questions
1) Write a one-paragraph summary of the major events of this section.
2) What happened to Curly that later gave Buck nightmares? What is the lesson that Buck learns from this?
3) What do Francois and Perrault expect of their dogs?
4) Why do Francois and Perrault admire Buck?
5) Why did Buck begin to hate Spitz?
6) What trick did Buck learn from Pike that he would never have done at Judge Miller’s house?
2) What happened to Curly that later gave Buck nightmares? What is the lesson that Buck learns from this?
3) What do Francois and Perrault expect of their dogs?
4) Why do Francois and Perrault admire Buck?
5) Why did Buck begin to hate Spitz?
6) What trick did Buck learn from Pike that he would never have done at Judge Miller’s house?
Chapter Three and Four Questions
1) Write a paragraph summarizing the major events in chapters 3 and 4.
2) Why did Spitz go out of his way to snarl at and bully Buck?
3) What actually happened that started the first fight between Buck and Spitz?
4) What took place in the middle of the fight that stopped it?
5) How did the breaking down of the dogs’ discipline affect the team?
6) What did Buck do to Spitz that meant certain death for his old foe?
2) Why did Spitz go out of his way to snarl at and bully Buck?
3) What actually happened that started the first fight between Buck and Spitz?
4) What took place in the middle of the fight that stopped it?
5) How did the breaking down of the dogs’ discipline affect the team?
6) What did Buck do to Spitz that meant certain death for his old foe?
Chapter Five Questions
1) Write a paragraph summarizing the major events in this chapter.
2) Describe the following people:
a. Francois and Perrault
b. The “Scotch half-breed”
c. Hal, Charles, and Mercedes
3) How are the dogs treated by the Scotch half-breed?
4) What does Mercedes do to “help” the dogs that only ends up harming them?
5) At the end of Chapter Five it says, “The bottom had dropped out of the trail.” What does this mean?
2) Describe the following people:
a. Francois and Perrault
b. The “Scotch half-breed”
c. Hal, Charles, and Mercedes
3) How are the dogs treated by the Scotch half-breed?
4) What does Mercedes do to “help” the dogs that only ends up harming them?
5) At the end of Chapter Five it says, “The bottom had dropped out of the trail.” What does this mean?
Chapter 6 & 7 Questions
1) Write a paragraph summarizing the major events in Chapters 6 and 7.
2) Why does Buck love John Thornton more than any of his other masters?
3) Describe one of the two instances in which Buck saves Thornton’s life.
4) How does Thornton’s gold find cause Buck to move toward the call of the wild?
5) What does Buck find when he returns to camp after killing the moose?
6) Why do the Yeehats consider Buck an Evil Spirit?
2) Why does Buck love John Thornton more than any of his other masters?
3) Describe one of the two instances in which Buck saves Thornton’s life.
4) How does Thornton’s gold find cause Buck to move toward the call of the wild?
5) What does Buck find when he returns to camp after killing the moose?
6) Why do the Yeehats consider Buck an Evil Spirit?
The Call of the Wild Vocabulary
Chapter One
-Demesne
-Imperiously
-Sated
-Insular
-Progeny
-Intimate
-Hydrophobia
-Conciliated
Chapter Two
-Primordial
-Reproof
-Appeasingly
-Disconsolate
-Gee
-Haw
Chapter Three
-Malingerer
-Covert
-Insidious
-Travail
-Placatingly
-Inexorable
Chapter Four
-Obdurate
-Celerity
-Lugubriously
Chapter Five
-Salient
-Callow
-Remonstrance
-Voracious
-Innocuously
-Terse
-Inarticulate
Chapter Six
-Formidable
-Simultaneous
-Calamity
-Discomfited
-Muses
Chapter Seven
-Eloquent
-Reverently
-Feigned
-Transient
-Tenderfoot
-Contagion
-Conjuration
-Demesne
-Imperiously
-Sated
-Insular
-Progeny
-Intimate
-Hydrophobia
-Conciliated
Chapter Two
-Primordial
-Reproof
-Appeasingly
-Disconsolate
-Gee
-Haw
Chapter Three
-Malingerer
-Covert
-Insidious
-Travail
-Placatingly
-Inexorable
Chapter Four
-Obdurate
-Celerity
-Lugubriously
Chapter Five
-Salient
-Callow
-Remonstrance
-Voracious
-Innocuously
-Terse
-Inarticulate
Chapter Six
-Formidable
-Simultaneous
-Calamity
-Discomfited
-Muses
Chapter Seven
-Eloquent
-Reverently
-Feigned
-Transient
-Tenderfoot
-Contagion
-Conjuration
Yukon Expedition Links
Find your topic below, and begin searching on the sites I have listed for you.
· Climate and Terrain
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/
http://www.gov.yk.ca/yukonglance/geography.html
http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/PlanetEarthScience/GlobalWarming/GW_InfoCenter_Arctic.html
· Clothing and Supplies
http://www.arcticwebsite.com/goldrushsupplies1898-2.html
http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97/pohler/tool2.htm
· Survival Skills
http://www.consciouschoice.com/2002/cc1501/wintersurvival1501.html
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/survival/basic.htm
http://fishbc.com/adventure/wilderness/survival/basic.htm
· Training Sled Dogs
http://seppalasleddogs.com/sled-dog-training.htm
http://www.webheads.co.uk/sdcom/press/info/info1.htm
http://www.thirteen.org/nature/sleddogs
· Care of Sled Dogs
http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/draper_dogs.html
http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/working.html#l_2837823
http://www.thirteen.org/nature/sleddogs
· Work of Sled Dogs
http://personal.my180.net/thesmiths/iditarod/sledpositions.html
http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/DogteamF.htm http://www.thirteen.org/nature/sleddogs
· Yukon Gold Rush
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/gold/
http://www.questconnect.org/ak_klondike.htm
http://www.nps.gov/klgo/home.htm
· California Gold Rush
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=322
· Jack London’s Arctic Adventures
http://www.arcticwebsite.com/LondonJackKlond.html
http://www.literarytraveler.com/literary_articles/jack_london_yukon.aspx
· Climate and Terrain
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/
http://www.gov.yk.ca/yukonglance/geography.html
http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/PlanetEarthScience/GlobalWarming/GW_InfoCenter_Arctic.html
· Clothing and Supplies
http://www.arcticwebsite.com/goldrushsupplies1898-2.html
http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_97/pohler/tool2.htm
· Survival Skills
http://www.consciouschoice.com/2002/cc1501/wintersurvival1501.html
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/survival/basic.htm
http://fishbc.com/adventure/wilderness/survival/basic.htm
· Training Sled Dogs
http://seppalasleddogs.com/sled-dog-training.htm
http://www.webheads.co.uk/sdcom/press/info/info1.htm
http://www.thirteen.org/nature/sleddogs
· Care of Sled Dogs
http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/draper_dogs.html
http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/working.html#l_2837823
http://www.thirteen.org/nature/sleddogs
· Work of Sled Dogs
http://personal.my180.net/thesmiths/iditarod/sledpositions.html
http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/DogteamF.htm http://www.thirteen.org/nature/sleddogs
· Yukon Gold Rush
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/gold/
http://www.questconnect.org/ak_klondike.htm
http://www.nps.gov/klgo/home.htm
· California Gold Rush
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=322
· Jack London’s Arctic Adventures
http://www.arcticwebsite.com/LondonJackKlond.html
http://www.literarytraveler.com/literary_articles/jack_london_yukon.aspx