How does Buck pay tribute to Thornton, Mankind and Civilization?
Each year he visits the valley.
100
This is the setting of the novel.
Where is Alaska and the Klondike region during the Klondike Gold Rush?
100
This protagonist can best be described as dynamic and round.
Who is Buck?
100
This vocabulary word is what ultimately saves Buck from getting up and going over the melting ice with Hal, Charles and Mercedes.
What is instinct?
100
How does Jack London make the reader feel empathetic toward the dog sled team?
Describing Dave's efforts and his sad ending.
200
Explain the exposition of the novel.
Buck's life in the Santa Clara Valley is described in detail. We learn he is the favorite pet at Judge Miller's estate. He is then kidnapped and sold by Manuel and Buck's life takes on a new path.
200
This is the major conflict in the story.
Buck vs. himself
200
This character's major vice is gambling.
Who is Manuel?
200
Before Buck became accustomed to life as a sled dog, he was _____________ and eventually began to steal food.
Ravenous
200
Buck's ability to adapt can best be seen through this detail
Buck's becomes lead sled dog.
He learns to sleep, eat, steal, etc.
300
Explain the resolution of the novel.
Buck kills man in the face of club and fang. He joins a wolf pack and becomes head of the pack. Each year he returns to the valley and pays tribute to Thornton.
300
Why does Jack London drag out the fight between Buck and Spitz?
What is to build suspense for the reader?
300
This character's relentless pride for the toil of the trail leads to his death.
Who is Dave?
300
Francois made Buck moccasins for his feet before they became ______________ to life on the trail.
callous
300
What detail best shows Buck's loyalty to man?
He saves Thornton's life.
He wins Thornton's bet.
400
This book is told in what point of view?
Third person Point of view
400
Why does Jack London describe the Santa Clara Valley in such vivid detail?
To emphasize the contrast between his old life of luxury and his new savage and uncivilized world.
400
This character's death teaches Buck a lesson about the primitive, savage world in which he must now adapt to.
Who is Curly?
400
What does the word primitive mean?
Ancient, simple, crude
400
How does Jack London foreshadow the difficult challenges that Buck will face once he enters the Northland?
By Describing:
the pandemonium in camp
the cold
the hunger the dogs face
Curly's death
500
What prevents Hal, Charles, and Mercedes from succeeding?
ignorance
pride
arrogance
500
Name two themes this book focuses on.
Survival of the fittest
The importance of adaptation
500
Sol-leks characterization can best be described as
Static and Flat
500
Dave's efforts in chapter 4 before his death can best be described with this vocabulary word.
FUTILE
500
What has to happen for Buck's journey and transformation to be complete?