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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) Leave.
(b) Make the trip back in record time.
(c) Sell the dogs.
(d) Take some of his leave time.

2. What does John tell the inexperienced men not to do?
(a) Anger Buck.
(b) Cross the river.
(c) Continue without rest.
(d) Beat their dogs.

3. What is Buck so good at after Spitz is dead?
(a) Getting the dogs to follow the rules.
(b) Raising morale in the pack.
(c) Leading the pack.
(d) Playing with the other dogs.

4. What does Buck hear in the forest that stimulates old instincts?
(a) A growl.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) Howling.

5. Who leaves John by the river when he is injured?
(a) His wife.
(b) His boss.
(c) His partner.
(d) His son.

6. What time of day is it when Francois realizes what has happened to Spitz?
(a) Morning.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Evening.
(d) Noon.

7. What is the name of the man who purchases Buck after he returns to Skaguay?
(a) Hal.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Bert.
(d) Ben.

8. What do the inexperienced owners do to get the dogs to move faster?
(a) Feed them.
(b) Dump things off their sled.
(c) Beat them.
(d) Break the trail for them.

9. What does Francois think has happened when Buck returns to camp alone after the hunt?
(a) Spitz ran off with the pack.
(b) Spitz will be along in a while.
(c) Spitz was stolen.
(d) Spitz was killed.

10. What does John do when Buck tries to obey the crazy order?
(a) Jumps in and saves him.
(b) Jumps in front of Buck.
(c) Lets it happen.
(d) Orders him to stop.

11. What does the inexperienced man threaten John with?
(a) An axe.
(b) A gun.
(c) A whip.
(d) A knife.

12. What does Buck never ask John for?
(a) Protection.
(b) Attention.
(c) Food.
(d) Affection.

13. Why are the dogs unable to move the sled of their new owners?
(a) The woman is riding it.
(b) They are all too weak.
(c) They need to be whipped harder.
(d) It is overloaded.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buck do to other men that he refuses to do to John?

2. How long does it take for the team to return to Skaguay?

3. How heavy is the load that Buck pulls for John?

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

5. What does Buck want to be with other dogs?

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