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Call of the Wild Chapter 5-7 Test
Study Guide
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Multiple Choice Questions 1-13
True/False 1-15
Matching 1-6
– Dealing with
• Conflict Resolution, Internal Conflict, External
Conflict, Setting, Characterization, and Theme
• Vocabulary
– Definitions
– Put correct word in the sentence
Elements of Fiction
• Setting– describes the nature around him
• Conflict Resolution-- there were no ties to
humans once John died– buck was free
• Internal Conflict– discussing Buck’s need
to be with John but also be out in nature
• Characterization– describes one of the
characters
• External Conflict– argument between two
characters
• Theme– hearing the call….
Chapter 5:
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Where are Hal, Charles, and Mercedes from?
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What does Mercedes do when Hal whips the
dogs?
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Eastern US
Mercedes whines and shows pity for the dogs
What did Buck do to show his love for John
Thornton?
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Bite on John’s hand, attack a man who hit John
Thornton, jumps off cliff and saves John in the
water
Chapter 5
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How does the addition of six dogs make Hal
and Charles feel?
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Do the dogs on Hal’s team respect and have
confidence in him?
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Confident
No
Do Charles, Hal and Mercedes get along?
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They argue about everything
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Chapter 5
How do the dogs react to Hal’s beatings?
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How does Buck change after meeting John
Thornton?
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He realizes what love means
Becomes confused—be wild or be civilized
What was Hal, Charles, and Mercedes warned
about? Who warned them?
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They hardly react anymore
The thin ice—John Thornton warned them
Who sold Buck to Hal, Charles, and
Mercedes?
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Scotch-half breed
Chapter 6:
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How did Buck save John Thornton?
– Hans and Pete tied a rope around Buck and
swam him through the rapids to save
Thornton
– Black Burton
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Why did Buck pull a sled with a thousand
pound load for John Thornton?
– He did it out of love for John
Chapter 6
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Why does John Thornton agree to the
bet with Matthewson?
– Thornton loves Buck and his pride pushed
him to prove Buck is the best
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What characteristics do Buck show when
he saves John Thornton?
– Intelligence and loyalty
Chapter 7
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What setting is Buck most closely in
touch with the primitive forces of nature
within himself?
– the wilderness
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How was Buck able to kill the moose?
– the moose was extremely weak and hungry
after Buck stalks him
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How does Buck react when he finds what
the Yeehats have done?
– He is angry and kills them “FIEND”
– Ghost Dog
Chapter 7
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What does Buck do when he hears the
“call” louder than ever before and
discovers the pack of wolves?
– Buck fights and overcomes several of the
wolves before joining the pack
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How does Jack London show a final
transformation in Buck at the end of the
novel?
– Change of Tense
Chapter 7
• Does Buck use his physical strength or
mental strength to make himself superior
over the other creatures in the wild?
– MENTAL
• Do John Thornton and his group find gold?
– YES
• What can john Thornton survive on in the
wild?
– Gun and salt
• How does Buck appear to the Yeehats?
– Evil Spirit/ Ghost Dog
Chapter 7
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How does Buck view man after his experience
with the Yeehats?
– Easy to kill
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What kind of conflict does Buck go through
during this chapter?
– Internal conflict between John and the “call”
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What thing(s) do(es) Buck do to win lasting
fame among the miners and Yeehats?
– Attacking the man in the bar, pulling the 1,000 pound
sled, and he kills the Yeehats chief
Chapter 7
• How do John Thornton and his team live
when they journey to the gold mine in the
east?
– Page 145 – 2nd paragraph—“ To Buck it was
boundless..”
– Hunt and fish and wander—sometimes they
had lots of food and sometimes not