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Buck & John
Just Buck
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Just Buck
Literary Elements
Rising Action
100

How does Buck save Thornton's life?

  1. 1.Buck kills a man who is about to shoot Thornton 
  2. 2.Buck fends off attacking Yeehat Indians 
  3. 3.Buck pulls his master back when Thornton is about to fall off a cliff 
  4. 4.Buck swims to his master and pulls him to safety when Thornton is caught in the rapids


4. Buck swims to his master and pulls him to safety when Thornton is caught in the rapids

100

What kind of animal does Buck spend four days hunting?

  1. 1.A mountain lion 
  2. 2.A wolf 
  3. 3.A cow 
  4. 4.A moose

4. A moose

100

What happens to John Thornton?

  1. 1.He is killed by Indians 
  2. 2.He is lost in a blizzard and freezes to death 
  3. 3.He dies of hunger 
  4. 4.He lives to a ripe old age in Nome

1. He is killed by Indians 

100

The exposition of the plot takes place where?

Judge Miller's estate in Santa Clara Valley

100

The event of John Thornton being able to "pay off certain debts and [...] journey with his partners into the East after a fabled last mine" (153) was caused by what?

The event when "Buck earned sixteen hundred dollars in five minutes for John Thornton" (153).

200

What bet does Thornton win with Matthewson?

  1. 1.That Buck can outrun a train 
  2. 2.That Buck can move a sled loaded with 1000 pounds 
  3. 3.That Buck will do anything Thornton orders him to do 
  4. 4.That Buck can move a sled loaded with sacks of flour weighing one ton

4. That Buck can move a sled loaded with sacks of flour weighing one ton

200

Why does Buck spend four days hunting a moose?

  1. 1.Because he can’t kill it any sooner than that 
  2. 2.Because it takes that long to get it away from the other animals 
  3. 3.Because he keeps going back to check on John Thornton 
  4. 4.Because he enjoys the “game” of hunting

4. Because he enjoys the “game” of hunting

200

Why was Buck now ready to answer the call of the wild?

  1. 1.Because, “Buck was the fiend incarnate, raging at their heels and dragging them down like deer as they raced through the trees.” 
  2. 2.Because, “The last tie was broken. Man and the claims of man no longer bound him.” 
  3. Because, “He was oppressed with a sense of calamity happening, if it were not calamity already happened.” 
  4. Because, “Experience gained in the fiercest of schools made him as formidable a creature as any that roamed the wild.” 

2. Because, “The last tie was broken. Man and the claims of man no longer bound him.” 

200

Whose thoughts are revealed by the narration of this story?

Buck's

200

The event of John Thornton and his men finding the Lost Cabin and setting up camp there left "nothing for the dog to do [...] and Buck spent long hours musing by the fire" (157). This caused what?

Buck ventures out and looks for the call of wild and has opportunity to meet other wolves and hunt prey.

300

What does Buck do when Thornton gets into a bar fight?

  1. 1.He cowers under the bar 
  2. 2.He drags Thornton outside by the collar 
  3. 3.He leaps at the throat of Thornton’s assailant 
  4. 4.He runs to find the police

3. He leaps at the throat of Thornton’s assailant 

300

 What does Buck find when he returns from hunting? 

  1. 1.The camp has burned 
  2. 2.John Thornton has abandoned him and returned to Dawson 
  3. 3.The camp has been attacked by Yeehat Indians 
  4. 4.Nothing is wrong; all is as he left it

3. The camp has been attacked by Yeehat Indians 

300

In later years, what did the Yeehats fear?

  1. 1.Wolves 
  2. 2.Ghost Dog 
  3. 3.Hunters 
  4. 4.Moose

2. Ghost Dog

300

The fact that Buck is haunted by the fear that Thornton might pass out of his life as other master's have before him is best an example of which literary element?

a. symbolism, b. irony, c. foreshadowing, d. hyperbole, e. climax

c. foreshadowing

300

After Buck kills the great moose what conflict develops when he arrives back at John Thornton's camp (174)?

Buck discovers the dead dog and men who were killed by the Yeehats while Buck was hunting the moose 175).

400

What sends Thornton and his friends into the wilderness?

  1. 1.The search for a legendary source of gold 
  2. 2.The search for Thornton’s missing brother 
  3. 3.The search for the Northwest Passage 
  4. 4.The search for a lost tribe of Indians

1. The search for a legendary source of gold 

400

What does Buck learn when he attacks the Yeehat Indians?

  1. 1.That they are too strong for him 
  2. 2.That he cannot kill humans 
  3. 3.That arrows hurt 
  4. 4.That he can kill men, as long as they are not armed

4. That he can kill men, as long as they are not armed

400

What does Buck do each summer?

  1. Return to Dawson to visit other sled dogs 
  2. Hunt moose and chase chipmunks 
  3. Attack Yeehat Indians 
  4. Return to the former camp to mourn the loss of his friend

4. Return to the former camp to mourn the loss of his friend

400

Here is a list of Buck’s owners throughout the novel. Put them in the order in which they came into Buck’s life.

Francois and Perrault, Judge Miller, John Thornton, Man in the red sweater, Hal and Charles, and                       Scotch Half Breed

1. Judge Miller

2. Man in the red sweater

3. Francois and Perroult

4. Scotch Half Breed

5. John Thornton

400

What important event happens because Buck discovers that the Yeehats have attacked the camp (176). 

Buck kills the chief of the Yeehats and other Yeehats (176-177). 

500

While the men camp and look for gold, what does Buck do?

  1. 1.He scouts for hostile Indians 
  2. 2.He returns to Dawson carrying messages 
  3. 3.He sleeps all day 
  4. 4.He spends long periods of time in the deep forest, making contact with wolves

4. He spends long periods of time in the deep forest, making contact with wolves

500

What did the Yeehats think that Buck was?

  1. 1.The coming of the Evil Spirit 
  2. 2.The definition of the law of club and fang 
  3. 3.The reincarnated spirit of John Thornton 
  4. 4.The leader of all of the wolves in Alaska

1. The coming of the Evil Spirit 

500

What does Buck do at the end of the novel?

  1. 1.He drowns 
  2. 2.He goes mad and is killed by John Thornton 
  3. 3.He is killed by wolves 
  4. 4.He joins a wolf pack and becomes a legendary figure in the wild

4. He joins a wolf pack and becomes a legendary figure in the wild

500

Which quote would be used most effectively as evidence for the theme of survival of fittest?

a. "[Buck] must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness. mercy did not exist in the primordial life" b. "Love, genuine passionate love, was [Buck's] for the first time." c. "But [Buck] is not always alone. When the long winter nights come on and the wolves follow their meat into the lower valleys, he may be seen running at the head of the pack."

a. "[Buck] must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness. mercy did not exist in the primordial life"

500

Buck realizes on page 179 that "man and the claims of man no longer bound him." What lead to this realization?

Buck's discovery of John Thornton's death.