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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Perrault ordered to do when they reach their destination?
(a) Make the trip back in record time.
(b) Leave.
(c) Take some of his leave time.
(d) Sell the dogs.

2. How is the team acting while Buck and Spitz are fighting?
(a) They were distracted.
(b) Their loyalties were split.
(c) They got very lazy.
(d) They were inefficient.

3. What does Buck do to other men that he refuses to do to John?
(a) Steal from him.
(b) Sleep next to him.
(c) Bring food to him.
(d) Beg from him.

4. What season is it when John finds Buck?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

5. What do the owners do to the dogs that refuse to pull the sled any longer?
(a) They are buried in the snow as if they are dead.
(b) They are left to freeze.
(c) They are shot.
(d) They are beaten to death.

6. What are the men happy about after Spitz is dead?
(a) There is one less mouth to feed.
(b) They are traveling at record speed.
(c) They have a happier team to lead.
(d) Spitz won't bite them anymore.

7. What is the first big stop for the team after Spitz is killed?
(a) Skaguay.
(b) Skyway.
(c) Skagakaway.
(d) Skallguay.

8. Why is John left by the river when he is injured?
(a) To wait for help.
(b) To wait for another group to join.
(c) To keep from slowing down the group.
(d) To recuperate.

9. Who haunts Buck at John's fireside?
(a) Spitz.
(b) Curly.
(c) His ancestors.
(d) Dave.

10. How is Dave killed?
(a) He is worked too hard on the trail.
(b) He is killed by another dog.
(c) He freezes to death.
(d) The driver shoots him.

11. What is the name of the dog that tries to nurse Buck to health?
(a) Scat.
(b) Skeet.
(c) Scoot.
(d) Skunk.

12. How does Buck perform after Spitz is killed?
(a) He is terrible.
(b) There is no change.
(c) He is distracted.
(d) He excels.

13. What is the name of the wife of the man who purchases Buck after he returns to Skaguay?
(a) Monica.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Meredith.

14. Why does Buck refuse to go with the inexperienced men?
(a) He hates the men.
(b) He likes John.
(c) He is physically unable to rise.
(d) He has a sense of impending doom.

15. How many dogs belonging to the inexperienced owners die on the trail?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dogs does John have when he finds Buck?

2. Where does Buck want to be harnessed when he returns to camp after killing Spitz?

3. Why are the dogs unable to move the sled of their new owners?

4. What does Francois think has happened when Buck returns to camp alone after the hunt?

5. What do the dogs need most, and are denied, by the new and inexperienced owners?

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