From South to North
This "sun-kissed" estate in California is where Buck lived as an aristocratic ruler before being kidnapped.
What is Judge Miller's estate?
Curly's brutal death on Dyea Beach taught Buck this harsh rule of northern survival.
What is the Law of Fang?
This Canadian duo drove the sled team with professional justice, duty, and fair care.
Who are François and Perrault?
When London writes that Buck victorious over Spitz "found it good," he is inverting this Biblical account.
What is the Creation account (in Genesis 1)?
Buck stalks, isolates, and wears down a massive 650-pound bull one of these creatures over 4 days.
What is a Bull Moose
Manuel betrayed Buck and sold him to pay off debts incurred from this activity.
What is Chinese lottery gambling?
Buck's theft of this item from François and Perrault showed his decay of civilized morals under pressure.
What is bacon?
This trio of inexperienced, arrogant prospectors overload their sled and ignore expert advice.
Who are Hal, Charles, and Mercedes?
Proverbs 12:10 contrasts London's "Rule of the Club" by stating that a righteous man does this for his animal.
What is regards/cares for its life mercifully?
In Chapter 7, Thornton, Hans, and Pete wander into the eastern wilderness searching for this lost location.
What is the Lost Mine (or Lost Cabin)?
Buck learned that a man with a club is a lawgiver to be obeyed after his violent encounter with this person.
Who is the Man in the Red Sweater?
After Spitz died, Buck forced François to give him the lead position by doing this.
What is retreating out of whip reach and refusing to enter his old position?
Hal, Charles, and Mercedes met their tragic end when this collapsed beneath their sled.
What is the rotting spring ice (on the White River)?
In Jack London's wild, "The Club" serves as a primary symbol for this type of authority.
What is brute force (or primitive law)?
Upon returning to camp, Buck finds John Thornton and his companions slain by this group of tribesmen.
Who are the Yeehats?
This major 1897 historical event created a massive global demand for heavy sled dogs in the Yukon.
What is the Klondike Gold Rush?
The mail team set record-breaking speeds after Buck took over leadership from this former lead dog.
Who is Spitz?
John Thornton saved Buck from being beaten to death by stepping in and using this object to knock back Hal.
What is his knife handle?
Jack London's literary style, which claims living creatures are shaped strictly by heredity and environment.
What is Naturalism (or Biological Determinism)?
Buck's final tie to civilization and the world of men is completely severed by this event.
What is the death of John Thornton?
Buck adapted to sub-zero Arctic nights by performing this specific sleeping technique.
What is digging a hole under the snow (to trap body heat)?
Despite being mortally ill, this dog on the Scotch Half-Breed mail run insisted on dying in his traces.
Who is Dave?
Buck won $1,600 for John Thornton in Dawson City by pulling a sled loaded with 1,000 pounds of this item.
What is flour?
The literary term for a creature's reversion or awakening to ancient, ancestral traits and instincts.
What is Atavism?
According to Yukon legend, Buck becomes the leader of the wolf pack and earns this mythical nickname.
What is the "Ghost Dog"?