Characters
Who is Buck at the beginning vs the end?
What is Buck is a moral house dog at the beginning of the book but changes to be a strong, independent, self-resentiant dog.
What was the Klondlike Gold Rush?
What is the Gold Rush of Canada in Yukon where travelers would try to get a bid in gold.
Why is Buck stolen?
What is Buck being sold to be a sled dog.
What is "the law of club and fang."
What is, if anyone has a club they were to be respected and to adapt quickly.
What is true authority?
What is someone that leads by example, like Buck.
Who is Spitz and why is he a poor leader?
What is Spitz leads by malicious discipline and sees every dog as a threat to his power as leader.
Why were sled dogs valuable?
What is they were used to carry the travelers and the sled with resources.
What happens to Curly?
What is she gets eaten by wild dogs.
What does leadership mean in the novel?
What is to understand other dogs and be the example to them.
How does Buck show responsibility?
He shows responsibility by trusting his instincts and disciplining the dogs as the leader.
Why is John Thorton important?
What is John saving Buck, raising Buck, and deeply loving and caring for Buck.
How does the environment affect survival?
How does Buck become leader?
He battles Spitz for the position and wins.
How does Buck learn wisdom?
What is observing his surroundings and learning the way of club and fang.
Where do we see justice?
What is Buck getting the spot of leader but then Soleks was chosen, so Buck earned his justice by being leader.
What role does Judge Miller play?
What is Buck's former owner.
What dangers exist in the Yukon?
What is wild dogs, trying to survive, and the environment.
Why does Buck refuse to pull the sled?
What is the "call of the wild."
What is Buck calling to be a wolf.
How does memory shape Buck's action?
What is, he remembers the past when his ancestors when he was a wild dog and learns to hear the call.
Why do Hal, Charles, and Mercedes fail?
What is they are inexperienced and ignorant.
Why is the setting crucial to the story?
What is, it express the actually obstacles the travelers had to surpass.
What happens after Thornton's death.
What is Buck becomes a wild dog in the Yukon.
How does Buck's journey end?
He becomes a wolf and becomes one with the pack.
How does Buck's journey relate to vocation.
What is he hears the calling of the wild just like we hear the calling of God.