Q 01/05

Which American author drew on his own gold-rush winter in the Yukon to write The Call of the Wild?

A) Mark Twain

B) Jack London

C) John Steinbeck

D) Ernest Hemingway

Answer · why

B) Jack London

Jack London spent about a year in the Yukon, and what he saw there supplied much of the book. Its success made his name as a writer.

Q 02/05

In The Call of the Wild, Buck is a pampered ranch pet in which US state before he is stolen?

A) California

B) New Mexico

C) Texas

D) Colorado

Answer · why

A) California

California's sunny Santa Clara Valley is Buck's first home, where he rules a big ranch as the family pet. That soft life makes the North a brutal shoc...

Q 03/05

Which gold rush of the 1890s creates the huge demand for sled dogs in The Call of the Wild?

A) Black Hills

B) Pikes Peak

C) Klondike

D) Cariboo

Answer · why

C) Klondike

Klondike fever sent thousands of prospectors north, and every one of them needed strong, thick-coated dogs to haul supplies. That demand is why Buck i...

Q 04/05

In The Call of the Wild, the man who first beats Buck into obedience is known only by which garment?

A) A fur parka

B) A yellow slicker

C) A black overcoat

D) A red sweater

Answer · why

D) A red sweater

A red sweater is the only name the novel gives the dog-breaker, who clubs Buck until he learns that an armed man must be obeyed. Buck never forgets th...

Q 05/05

After John Thornton's death at the end of The Call of the Wild, what does Buck finally join?

A) A wolf pack

B) A native village

C) A new sled team

D) A mining camp

Answer · why

A) A wolf pack

A wolf pack accepts Buck after he holds off its attack for half an hour, and he ends the book running at its head. With his last human tie gone, nothi...