Characters
Setting & Context
Plot & Events
Themes & Ideas
Catholic Connections
100

Who is Buck at the beginning vs the end

What is moral dog, a wolf?

100
What was the Klondike Gold Rush?

What is where lots of people traveled to to get lots of gold?

100

Why is Buck stolen?

What is to sell him as a sled dog for money?

100

What is "the law of the club and fang"?

What is that anybody with a club is to be respected and obeyed?

100

What is true authority?

What is when someone is respected for their wisdom and knowledge, not just fear?

200

Who is Spitz and why is he a poor leader?

What is he is the old leader of the pack of dogs, he ruled by fear?

200

Why were sled dogs valuable?

What is they were needed to navigate through the snowy terrain and bring a sled with stuff?

200

What happens to Curly?

What is Spitz and a group of other dogs brutally kill her?

200

What does leadership mean in this novel?

What is leadership is being kind to the other dogs but also being a good example and disciplining the other dogs?

200

How does Buck show responsibility?

What is he doesn't be mean to the other dogs but instead is caring to them and tries to help them?

300

Why is John Thornton important?

What is he helped Buck and Buck loved him very much?

300

How does the environment affect survival?

What is because of the cold weather would be dangerous?

300

How does Buck become leader?

What is he waits to learn how to better survive in the wild then fights Spitz to the death to earn his spot?
300

How does Buck learn wisdom?

What is he pays extra attention to everything around him to learn quickly?

300

Where do we see justice?

What is we see justice when Buck refuses to let the other dog take his spot as leader after Buck killed Spitz?
400

What role does Judge Miller play?

What is Bucks old owner?

400

What dangers exist in the Yukon?

What is the trails, ice, snow, weather, rationing, and keeping care of your dogs?

400

Why does Buck refuse to pull the sled?

What is he knew that if they went any further, they would fall through the ice and they would all die?

400

What is "the call of the wild"?

What is the call to go out to the wild and live like a wolf?

400

How does memory shape Buck's actions?

What is during the fight with Spitz he remembers how Curly died as soon as she got knocked down so he had to stay standing?

500

Why do Hal, Charles, and Mercedes fail?

What is they packed too much stuff and didn't give the dogs rest?

500

Why is setting crucial to story?

What is since it was so snowy, the sled dogs were needed to get to the gold Rush?
500

What happens after Thorntons Death?

What is all the dogs and the sled fall through the ice?
500

How does Buck's journey end?

What is he becomes like a wolf and lives with the other wolves and he becomes feared by Indians.

500

How does Buck's journey relate to vocation?

What is he followed the call to be a wild wolf just like we should follow the call to be a saint?