Characters
Trivia
Plot
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100
Buck watches this dog die.
Who is Curly?
100
This is the name of the area where Judge Miller's place is located in California?
What is the Santa Clara Valley?
100
The name of the ship that brings Buck to Alaska.
What is the Narwhal?
100
This word means "giving a living thing, such as a dog, human characteristics."
What is anthropomorhism?
100
"He was friendly, in a treacherous sort of way, smiling into one's face the while he meditated some underhand trick..."
Who is Spitz?
200
Judge Miller's gardener who Buck trusts and willingly goes on a walk with.
Who is Manuel?
200
Buck's father's name.
What is Elmo?
200
These are three lessons Buck learns in his first few days in the wilderness.
What is don't fall down? don't go on Sol-Leks' blind side? how to sleep in a hole in the snow? how to pull a dog sled? how to eat fast and steal bacon?
200
This is described as "a tonic and health preserver" to Buck.
What is water?
200
"(He) had one besetting sin. He loved to play the Chinese lottery. Also, in his gambling, he had one besetting weakness--faith in a system; and this made his damnation certain."
Who is Manuel?
300
Called Buck to him, and threw his arms around him and wept before leaving Buck.
Who is Francois?
300
The author of Call of the Wild.
Who is Jack London?
300
This is what Spitz does to cause Buck to fight him for the first time?
What is steal his sleeping hole?
300
What Buck is curious about seeing for the first time.
What is snow?
300
"He did not rob openly, but stole secretly and cunningly, out of respect for club and fang. In short, the things he did were done because it was easier to do them than not to do them."
Who is Buck?
400
Blind in one eye, but helped teach Buck how to pull a dog-sled.
Who is Sol-Leks?
400
Francois and Perrault are not seeking gold. This is their job instead.
What is COURIER (mail carrier)?
400
This is what Buck had visions of sometimes when he looked at the "half-breed cook."
What is a caveman?
400
What Francois gives Buck to keep his feet from hurting.
What are moccassins?
400
"For the pride of trace and trail was his; and, sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his work."
Who is Dave?
500
This dog suddenly went mad, and had her head crushed by Francois' axe after chasing and trying to attack Buck.
Who is Dolly?
500
This characteristic motivates all the dogs, even Dave, who "sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his work.
What is PRIDE?
500
What the dogs hear at the end of Chapter 4?
What is a revolver shot? or What is Dave's mournful howling?
500
Being made THIS "sorely hurt" Buck's dignity?
What is a draught animal?
500
"He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck's face with his tongue."
Who is Billee?
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