Chapter 3: The Dominant Primordial Beast Quiz — The Call of the Wild

What causes the first confrontation between Buck and Spitz at Lake Le Barge?

• Spitz attacks Buck while he is sleeping
• Spitz steals Buck's sleeping nest while Buck gets his food
• Buck challenges Spitz for the lead position on the trail
• Francois gives Buck a larger food ration than Spitz

How many starving wild huskies attack the camp at Lake Le Barge?

• About a dozen
• Twenty to thirty
• Four or five score (80-100)
• Over two hundred

What does Francois do to help Buck during the difficult trail?

• He lets Buck ride on the sled when tired
• He gives Buck extra food rations each night
• He rubs Buck's feet nightly and makes moccasins for him from his own
• He keeps Buck separated from Spitz at all times

How does Dolly die in Chapter 3?

• She falls through the ice on the Thirty Mile River
• Spitz kills her during a fight over food
• She is killed by Francois with an axe after going mad
• She succumbs to wounds from the wild husky attack

What quality does London say gives Buck an advantage over Spitz in their final fight?

• Superior physical strength and size
• Greater experience fighting other dogs
• Imagination—the ability to fight by head as well as instinct
• Faster speed and longer endurance

What is the specific fighting technique Buck uses to defeat Spitz?

• He goes for Spitz's throat while the other dog is distracted
• He feints a shoulder rush but sweeps low and breaks Spitz's forelegs
• He drives Spitz into the watching circle of dogs
• He knocks Spitz off balance and pins him to the ground

What prediction does Francois make about Buck and Spitz?

• That Spitz will eventually kill Buck in a surprise attack
• That the two dogs will learn to work together
• That Buck will get mad and "chew dat Spitz all up and spit him out on de snow"
• That he will have to separate the two dogs before they fight

What happens at the Thirty Mile River that makes it the hardest stretch of trail?

• A severe blizzard traps the team for six days
• The river is wide open with dangerous thin ice, and Perrault breaks through repeatedly at fifty below zero
• The team runs out of food and must hunt for survival
• An avalanche blocks the trail and forces them to find an alternate route

Did Spitz attack Buck from the side during the wild husky raid at Lake Le Barge?

Did Buck refuse to move one morning until Francois put his moccasins on?

What does "inexorable" mean in the sentence "Buck was inexorable"?

• Confused and uncertain
• Physically exhausted
• Impossible to stop; relentless
• Surprisingly gentle

What does "pandemonium" mean when London writes about the "breaking forth of pandemonium"?

• A disease spreading among the dogs
• Wild and noisy disorder; complete chaos
• A coordinated military attack
• A sudden snowstorm

What does "loath" mean in "he was loath to leave" his nest?

• Excited and eager
• Frightened and anxious
• Reluctant and unwilling
• Unable due to injury