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  1. As new lead dog, Buck improved the solidarity of the team. What does this mean?

The team traveled faster.

The team was stronger.

The team was more unified.

  1. What did Buck often have visions of by the campfire?

He dreamt about good food.

He dreamt of a prehistoric man.

He dreamt of how to escape the harsh life of the trail.

  1. Which dog becomes too weak and has to be killed?

Sol-lek

Dolly

Dave

  1. What is theme?

a story's plot

a story's central idea

a story's time and place

  1. Which of the following is NOT one of the themes of the novel?

Only the strong survive.

Cruelty to animals is wrong.

Primitive instincts triumph.

  1. Mercedes wanted to pack the amenities of a Pullman. What does this mean?

She wanted to bring all the comforts normally found on the sleeping car of a train.

She wanted to pack only the basics normally found on the trail.

She wanted to pack supplies normally found in the pack of a famous traveler.

  1. Which of the following is an example of irony?

"She is as light as a feather," exclaimed the sister.

"Well, that was fun," he said after his bitter defeat.

"I hate you!" he cried out.

  1. What are the salient details of setting?

the important events of the plot

the time and place of a story

the descriptions of the main characters

  1. What happened to Charles, Hal, and Mercedes?

They died by falling into a crevasse on the trail.

They died by drowning in a freezing river.

They died by freezing to death.

  1. What new character is introduced in the end of Chapter 5?

Pete Michaelson

the Scotch half-breed

John Thornton

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(These questions are about the novel "The Call of the Wild")
The correct answers are:
1)C To improve solidarity means to make the bond stronger, to make the team mentally, emotionally more in unison (leading to better physical teamwork), that is "more unified".
2)B Buck often had mystical visions of his primitive master ancestors, symbolised by the prehistoric man in his dreams.
3)C Dave was the oldest dog who became ill throughout the story; he was finally put out of his misery as he was in no condition to continue leading the sled.
4)B The main theme is not the plot nor the settings themselves (time, place), but the central idea.
5)B There is never an explicit ethical or moral remark, although Buck does realize the cruelty surrounding him.
6)A A pullman is more similar to a train, its supplies are far more and better than those found along a trail or in a traveler's bag.
7)B The exclamation is in ironic contrast with the used tone and the situation itself.
8)C Settings are defined as the time and place in which the story is "set in".
9)B They weren't prudent enough to believe it would be dangerous to thread, with the heavy carriage as and the dogs, on the frozen river which was already melting.
10)C John Thornton is Buck's new master who saves him from dying in the frozen river.

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