Describe Buck.
140 lbs, half St. Bernard, half Scotch shepherd
Why did Manuel, the gardener, kidnap Buck?
pay gambling debt
How did Buck react to the stranger's rope?
Buck fought, but lost
Why was Buck going to Frisco?
dog-doctor
Why did the strange men want Buck?
sled dog
How did the four men treat Buck?
laughed at him
How did the man in the red sweater in Seattle train Buck? Do you think that is the way to train an animal?
clubbed him, no
Explain this sentence, "He was beaten, but not broken.
Physically, he had been beaten, but his spirit was
not broken.
What happened to the one dog who didn't obey?
killed
How much did Perrault pay for Buck?
$300
How did Buck and Curly, the Newfoundland get to Alaska?
Narwhal=boat
How did Buck act in his first snow?
sniffed, licked it
Why is this chapter called "Into the Primitive"?
from riches to rags
When and where does this novel open?
1897 in Alaska
Why is Buck in danger?
he might possibly be used for transportation/ as a husky dog
Where does Buck live?
Santa Clara Valley, California
What types of things does Buck do at Judge Miller's Ranch? 4:
swims in the tank, hunts, escorts Mollie and Alice, plays with the judge's grandsons
Why was Buck's first day in Alaska like a nightmare?
confusion, lawless
How did Curly die?
attacked and killed by another dog
Why did Buck hate Spitz?
leader
How did Francois and Perrault work Buck?
sled dog
How were the dogs Dave and Sol-leks alike?
both wanted to be left alone
How did Buck sleep in the snow?
curled under the snow, digs a ditch
What was Perrault's job?
deliver dispatches
Why was Buck hitched between Dave and Sol-leks on the sled-dog team?
to learn
When Francois guided the sled, how did Perrault help?
webbed snowshoes
Why was Buck always hungry, even though he received a daily ration of 1-1/2 lbs. of salmon?
working without breaks ,eats food too quickly
Why was it okay to steal in "The Law of Club and Fang"?
survival
Besides experience, how did Buck learn?
instinct
Give examples of experience and instinct learning
experience=checking wind, instinct=fighting
How did Spitz treat Buck?
enemy
Why was the fight between Spitz and Buck interrupted?
starving huskies
How did the nine dogs from the team spend the night after the husky attack?
escaped in woods
Why was Perrault worried about making the 400 mile run to Dawson?
dogs wounded, 2 rations gone
Why did Perrault build a fire a dozen times a day?
50 below, freezing water
why wouldn't Buck get his ration of fish?
dog tired, sore feet
Why did Buck refuse to rise and lay on his back with four feet in the air?
wanted foot gear
How did Francois save Buck from mad Dolly?
axed her
Why did Francois whip Spitz?
attacked Buck
Why was there war between Spitz and Buck?
Leader threatened
Why did Francois whip Buck?
defending Pike
Why did Buck howl in Dawson?
primordial, makes him feel like a wolf
Give examples of the rebellion against Spitz?
rob fish, Dub and Joe fought Spitz
When was Buck joyful?
chasing rabbit
How did Buck and Spitz's fight to the death happen?
Spitz killed the rabbit
Why did Buck win the fight with Spitz?
imagination
Why wouldn't Buck get into his old sled harness?
wanted leadership
How did Buck behave as lead dog?
superior
Why did Francois say that Buck was worth $1,000?
broke two sled dogs in
Why was the 14-day trip a record run?
40 miles per day
Who took over the team after Perrault and Francois?
Scott half-breedmail runner
Why didn't Buck like the mail run?
monotonous
Why did Buck like laying by the fire?
dreaming
Who was the hairy man in another world?
Neanderthal
Why did snow slow the trip?
heavier pulling
Why did Dave suffer most from the 1,800 mile run?
sick
How did Dave die?
shot
In what ways was the team in a "wretched state" when it reached Skagway?
limping, weight loss, tired
If they'd travelled 2,500 miles in 5 months, how many miles did they average per month, per week, and
per day?
500, 125, 18
Why didn't Buck get a rest after the run?
sold
Describe Hal and Charles?
Hal=19 year old brother, Charles=moustached husband
Describe Charle's wife Mercedes?
weak, lady, foolish
How were Hal, Charles and Mercedes unfit for the North?
disorganized, unprepared
Why shouldn't they take the tent on the trip?
overloaded sled
Why couldn't the dogs pull the load?
tired, frozen
How did the family take the advice, "Half the load, twice the dogs"?
discarded essentials
Why was 14 dogs too many?
not enough rations
Why was this family doomed from the start of the trip?
no order or discipline
Why did Hal go from overfeeding to underfeeding the dogs?
1/4 trip food half gone
How did Mercedes, Charles, and Hal treat each other?
quarreled
Why did Mercedes ride on the sled?
tired
Why did Hal trade his gun for horsehide?
dog food
Why were the seven remaining dogs describe as a "bag of bones"?
starving
Why did John Thornton advise them not to go on to Dawson?
ice unsafe
What does the saying mean, "It was idle to get between a fool and his folly"? How did the family fit
that description?
can't tell foolish people anything, because won't take advise
Why didn't Buck get up no matter how much Hal beat him?
impending doom
Why didn't Buck lead the family's dog sled?
Thornton intervened
What finally happened to the family?
all died, bottom dropped out of the trail
Why did Jim Thornton's friends leave him beside the river?
feet froze
How did Skeet, the Irish setter, care for Buck?
licked wounds
What did Jim Thornton arouse in Buck?
love
How did the man and Buck express their love for each other?
man=roughed him, Buck=bit
Why did Buck follow Thornton everywhere?
feared losing him
Why was Buck called more often into the forest?
call of the wild
How did Buck react to Thornton's command to jump?
jumped
What happened when Burton struck Thornton?
Buck tore his throat
How did Buck save Thornton from the river?
swam to him on a rope
How did Buck prove Thornton's boast was true?
pulled 1,000 pound sled
Why did the odds go from two-to-one to three-to-one against Buck?
sled frozen
What words did Thornton use to command Buck to pull?
Gee! Haw! Mush!
Why did an onlooker offer Thornton $1,200 for Buck?
Buck pulled the 1,000 lb. sled 100 yards
How did Thornton spend the $1,600?
lost mine
How did Thornton, Pete, and Hans get to the lost mine?
travelled by land
In spring, what did they find instead of the lost mine?
found a broad valley
What dreams did Buck have of the hairy man?
following him
How did Buck respond to these strange desires?
ran free
Who was making the night call?
timber wolf
How was Buck rewarded by the wolf?
wolf wanted him to follow
Why was Buck happy running with the wolf?
answering the call
Why did Buck leave the wolf?
return to Thornton
How did Buck survive for weeks while looking for the wolf?
hunted
How was Buck transformed when he was in the wild?
killer
Why was Buck successful in killing the bull moose?
persistence
Why did the Yeehats flee the camp?
Buck attached him
How had John Thornton died?
Yeehat arrows
Why was Buck ready to obey the calls from the wild?
John Thornton was dead