Q 01/05

What is the name of the St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd mix at the center of The Call of the Wild?

A) Spike

B) Duke

C) Rex

D) Buck

Answer · why

D) Buck

He starts the novel as a pampered 140-pound pet in California's Santa Clara Valley before being stolen and sold north.

Q 02/05

Which 1906 Jack London novel follows a wolfdog's journey from the wild to domestication?

A) White Fang

B) Grey Muzzle

C) Black Tooth

D) Silver Paw

Answer · why

A) White Fang

It was written as a companion and thematic mirror to The Call of the Wild, running the journey in the opposite direction.

Q 03/05

In which California city was Jack London born?

A) Los Angeles

B) San Diego

C) San Francisco

D) Sacramento

Answer · why

C) San Francisco

The house near Third and Brannan Streets burned in the fire after the 1906 earthquake; a plaque marks the site.

Q 04/05

In what year was Jack London born?

A) 1886

B) 1871

C) 1876

D) 1866

Answer · why

C) 1876

He was born John Griffith Chaney; his mother married John London later that year and the boy took his stepfather's surname.

Q 05/05

How old was Jack London when he died in November 1916?

A) 44

B) 36

C) 40

D) 52

Answer · why

C) 40

He died on a sleeping porch at his ranch, suffering from dysentery, late-stage alcoholism and kidney failure.