Chapter 4: Who Has Won to Mastership Quiz — The Call of the Wild

Who does François initially place in the lead dog position after Spitz's death?

• Dave
• Sol-leks
• Pike
• Billee

How long do François and Perrault spend chasing Buck around camp before giving in?

• About fifteen minutes
• The better part of an hour
• All morning long
• Nearly two full hours

What is the average distance the team covers per day during their record run to Skaguay?

• Twenty-five miles
• Thirty miles
• Forty miles
• Sixty miles

What two dogs are added to the team at the Rink Rapids?

• Billee and Joe
• Teek and Koona
• Skeet and Nig
• Dolly and Pike

What does Buck see in his vision by the campfire?

• A wolf pack hunting caribou across frozen tundra
• A short-legged, hairy man crouching in fear by a prehistoric fire
• Judge Miller's house in the Santa Clara Valley
• Spitz's ghost running alongside the sled team

What does Dave do when the Scotch half-breed removes him from the traces to rest?

• He lies down gratefully and sleeps beside the trail
• He runs free behind the sled as instructed
• He bites through Sol-leks's traces and stands in his old place
• He attacks the other dogs out of frustration

Who takes over Buck's team after François and Perrault leave?

• A gold prospector from Dawson
• A Scotch half-breed
• An American mail carrier
• The man in the red sweater

What command does Perrault give François that finally ends the standoff with Buck?

• "Put him in the lead then!"
• "Throw down de club"
• "Let him run free behind"
• "We leave without him"

In Chapter 4, Buck attacks Sol-leks when François first tries to put Sol-leks in the lead position.

In Chapter 4, Buck tries to run away from the camp to avoid François's club.

In Chapter 4, London writes that "François was obdurate." What does "obdurate" most closely mean?

• Easily persuaded and agreeable
• Stubbornly unyielding and inflexible
• Confused and uncertain
• Angry but quickly forgiving

London describes "the celerity with which Buck broke them in." What does "celerity" mean?

• Gentleness and patience
• Swiftness and speed
• Difficulty and struggle
• Cleverness and cunning

Dave is described as "howling lugubriously as the long train of sleds churned by." What does "lugubriously" mean?

• Fiercely and aggressively
• Loudly and deafeningly
• Mournfully and sorrowfully
• Weakly and barely audibly