ENGLISH READING IV
SAC WORKSHEET 2
THE CALL OF THE WILD
1.
Read Chapter 5. Who said this, and to whom?
1
‘How could we live without a tent?’
_______Mercedes to men who watched them packing______
2
‘Dogs are lazy and you have to whip them.’
_______Hal to Mercedes _______________________
3
‘Don’t listen to that man.’
_______Mercedes to her brother, Hal ______________
4
‘Why don’t you pull hard? – then nobody will whip you.’
________Mercedes to dogs _____________________
5
‘Only somebody very stupid would cross the White River here.’
________Thornton to Hal ______________________
6
‘I’m going to Dawson.’
________Hal to Thornton _____________________
2.
Read Chapter 6. Match these halves of sentences about Buck and
Thornton.
This is the beginning of sentences
1
Buck liked to take Thornton’s hand in his mouth
___10______
2
Buck wanted to answer the call of the wild animals,
3
One day, Thornton told Buck to jump, ___12______
4
Buck attacked a man called Burton ___11______
5
When Thornton was thrown out of his boat into the river, ___7_____
6
Buck pulled a sledge with 350 kilos on it ____8_____
These are the ending parts of sentences
7
Buck jumped into the river with a rope and saved him.
8
to win money for Thornton.
9
but every time he went into the forest, he came back.
10
when Thornton talked to him.
11
because he saw Thornton in danger.
12
and Buck tried to jump 100 metres down into the river.
1
___9______
3.
Read chapter 7 and mark these statements as true or false
1
Thornton and Buck travel east to look for gold.
T
2
A wild animal kills Thornton.
F
3
Indians kill Thornton.
T
4
Buck kills a wolf.
T
5
Thornton takes Buck back to California.
F
6
Buck joins a wolf pack.
T
4.
What did you think about the characters in this story? Were they nice or
nasty, clever or stupid? Did you feel sorry for any of them? Were they
brave? Choose some characters and complete these sentences.
Buck / the fat man / Manuel / Francois / Perrault / Hal / Mercedes / John Thornton
Possible answers – yours may be different but should follow
the suggested pattern
1
I feel sorry for
_____Mercedes____ because she
went on that trip
and died.
to steal and sell Buck_ .
2
I think_Manuel_ was right / wrong
3
I think _Thornton_ did a very bad / good /
brave thing when
___he saved Buck from Hal ____.
4
I think _Hal_ did a very clever /
when __he
stupid / brave thing
didn’t listen to Thornton and tried to cross the
river_ .
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