Characters
Types of Conflicts
Alaska
Story Events
Key Vocabulary
100

This character is amoral and a described as a devil dog. 

Who is Spitz?

100

Buck get hit with the club from the man in the red shirt 12 times. 

What is man vs nature? 

100

Alaska is part of this country. 

What is the United States?

100

This man hit Buck 12 times with the club. 

Who is the man in the red shirt?

100

An animal that eats ONLY meat. 

What is carnivore? 

200

This character wants only adventure and riches. 

Who is Hal? 

200

Mercedes, Charles, and Hal are fighting as a family because they have no experience in the wild. 

What is man vs man?

200

The sled dog in the front of the sled dog team is called this. 

What is the lead dog, or leader? 

200

Hal, Charles, Mercedes, and the sled dogs died this way. 

What is fell through the ice/water?

200

The hair that covers an animal. 

What is fur?

300

This character kidnaps and sells Buck for money. 

Who is Manuel? 

300

Thornton was in a canoe in the river. It was moving quickly and hit a rock. He fell into the icy river. 

What is man vs nature? 

300

Another word for sled. 

What is toboggan?

300

Buck bit this man's neck in a bar fight.

Who is Burton/Black Burton?

300

The environment or area where an animal lives. 

What is habitat?

400

This character wants to die in the harness. 

Who is Dave?

400

Buck hates wearing the harness and sleeping under the snow.

What is man vs society? (nature vs society) 

400

An outside bed for the sled dogs. 

What is under the snow? 

400

Buck killed Spitz when they were chasing a ______ animal. 

What is a rabbit? 

400

When the color of fur or body shape is the same as the environment to hide from predators. 

What is camouflage? 

500

This character demonstrates how civilized woman are not prepared for life in the wild. 

Who is Mercedes?

500

Buck must decide between staying with John Thornton or being a wild dog with the wolf family. 

What is man vs self?

500

A sled dog wears a ______ around his neck to control the sled.

What is a harness?

500

These people killed the dogs and John Thornton. 

Who are the Indians? 
500

When one animal is running after another animal. 

What is chase or chasing? 

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