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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the inexperienced man's partner?

2. What do the inexperienced owners do to get the dogs to move faster?

3. What does Buck do that loses him the respect of his team?

4. What is John able to put on Buck's back that no one else can?

5. Why is Francois hesitant about placing Buck in the place he wants to be after Spitz is killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes when Buck is allowed to lead after Spitz is killed?

2. What does Buck do to other men that he does not do to John?

3. Why is John left at the river?

4. How does Buck feel when he begins the journey with his new and inexperienced owners?

5. Why does Buck refuse to take another step with Hal and Charles when they are about to cross the river?

6. What do Hal and Charles brag about to John Thornton, and how does John respond?

7. What is Buck reminded of as he spends time recuperating with John and his dogs?

8. What happens when the team is being prepared to run after Spitz has been killed?

9. What bet does Buck win for John one day and how does Thornton react to this?

10. How does Buck first know that his new owners are not experienced?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the ways Buck and John show their love to each other, and how do these displays alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Valor was a theme of this book that was very important to many of the characters involved. Where does this theme of valor present itself and how do these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how does the presence of these feelings change the characters who were involved in those scenes?

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