London, Jack
AR Quiz No. 107 EN
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Buck, a dog, is forced into a harsh life as a sled dog and is faced with a decision between remaining loyal to his master or following his instincts. The plot of the story includes graphic violence, historical context that includes racial prejudice, and mild profanity.
| ATOS Book Level: | 8.0 |
| Interest Level: | Middle Grades (MG 4-8) |
| AR Points: | 7.0 |
| Word Count: | 37058 |
| Fiction/Nonfiction | Fiction |
| Topic – Subtopic: | Animals-Wolves; Animals-Dogs; Classics-Classics; Power Lessons AR-Grade 8; Recommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 6-8; Recommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12; What Kids Are Reading, 2020-Grade 8: Top 20 Fiction/Nonfiction Books; What Kids Are Reading, 2021-Grade 8: Top 20 Fiction/Nonfiction Books; |
| Series: | Puffin Classics; |
Quiz Answers
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Buck | Powerful dog, half St. Bernard, half sheepdog. Stolen from a California estate and sold as a sled dog. He finally became the lead dog. |
| John Thorton | Buck’s final master, a gold hunter. He saves Buck from death at the hands of Hal. |
| Spitz | Buck’s archrival and the original leader of Francois’s dog team. One man called him a devil dog. |
| Francois | French Canadian mail driver who buys Buck and adds him to his team. |
| Hal | An American gold seeker, who comes to Canada with his sister and her husband in search of adventure and riches. |
| Mercedes | Wife of Charles and sister of Hal. She is spoiled and pampered. Her unreasonable demands slow her, Hal, and Charles down. |
| Charles | Hal’s brother in law. He is inexperienced. |
| Dave | A dog on Buck’s team. He becomes ill on one of the team’s journeys but refuses to leave the harness, preferring to die pulling the sled. He is very determined. |
| Sol-leks | An older more experienced dog on Buck’s team. Has one blind eye. |
| Curly | A friend of Buck’s, met on the journey to the North. Dies trying to befriend a husky. |
| Judge Miller | Buck’s original master, the owner of a large estate in California’s Santa Clara Valley. |
| Manuel | A gardener’s helper on Master Miller’s estate. He kidnaps Buck and sells him in order to pay off his gambling debts. |
| Jack London | Author of “Call of the Wild”. |
| Klondike Gold Rush | This event influenced “Call of the Wild”. |
| Fought | What shocked Buck that the wolfish dogs did? |
| Go down in a fight | What will Buck have to do in order to survive in the world? |
| Why does Buck hate Spitz? | Because he laughed when Curly was killed. |
| Between Dave and Sol-leks | Where was Buck placed in the line? |
| To eat fast | What did Buck learn about eating? |
| Buck killed him | What finally happened to Spitz? |
| The slipped through the melted snow | What finally happened to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes? |
| Like his family | How did John Thornton treat Buck? |
| How did Buck get his food? | Fight for it. |
| Unpleasant | How were Buck’s first days in the North? |
| A Ghost Dog | What did the Indians say that they saw running through the forest? |
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