The Call of the Wild Chapters 6-7

Ch. 7: What is the "wood brother" Buck met in the woods?

• A fellow sled dog

• A wolf

• A bull

• A bear

Ch. 7: Why doesn't Buck stay with his "wood brother?"

• He picks up a strange scent near camp and returns to check it out.

• John calls for him.

• He remembers John.

• Skeet and Nig find him and he goes back with them.

Ch. 7: What has happened to Buck's camp and people?

• A terrible flood washed over the land, drowning them all.

• A pack of wolves led by the grey wolf attacked the camp, killing the dogs and people.

• Nothing has happened.

• A tribe of Indians attacked and killed everyone.

Ch. 7: How does Buck react to the death at the camp?

• He attacks the Indians.

• He drowns himself.

• He runs back to Dawson and gets a new master.

• He attacks the Indians and is killed.

Ch. 7: How does Buck earn his place with the pack of wolves?

• He rolls on his back to show his belly.

• He touches noses with the grey wolf.

• He brings them a dead moose as an offering, which impresses them.

• He kills their leader in a fight over a migrating moose.

Ch. 6: What's the symbolic meaning to John Thornton's fire?

• Warmth

• Destruction

• Ownership

• Love

Ch. 6: "... at each jerk back and forth it seemed that his heart would shaken out of his body so great was its ecstasy" (London).

What action is Buck experiencing here?

• Getting beaten with a club.

• Laying by Thornton's fire.

• Being pet by John Thornton.

• Laying in the deep snow.

Ch. 6: What happened to "Black" Burton?

• John beat him up.

• Buck tore open his throat.

• He fell through the ice.

• He helped assist John from drowning.

Ch. 6: How did Thornton win a sixteen-hundred-dollar wager?

• Buck moved a 2,000lb sled by himself.

• Buck could lead any team to gold.

• Buck was the biggest sled dog in Alaska.

• Buck and his team moved a half ton sled 100 yards.

• Buck was the fastest dog on the trail.

Ch. 6: What did Buck do that caused the crowd to cheer at the end of the chapter?

• Jump at "Black" Burton

• Howl super loud

• Jump the farthest

• Move the sled one hundred yards

• Not move the sled one inch