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The Call of the Wild ELEMENTARY 2

(c) The dogs in Canada are dangerous. Chapter 4

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(d) Life is difficult for Buck in this new 1 (a) Wrong. Buck is not afraid of Francois
country. when he has the club.
1 Open answers
(e) Buck has to be strong and intelligent (b) Right.
2 a bark, howl
in his new life. (c) Right
A dog attacks when it is very angry. It
wants to fight. (d) Wrong. It was more difficult for the dogs
It barks when it is angry, afraid or Activities while reading the book. when there was a lot of snow.
happy. It is ‘speaking’. Chapter 1 (e) Wrong. Sledge dogs like pulling sledges.
It howls when it is sad. It also howls 1 (a) In 1897 Buck was four years old. (f) Wrong. Dave liked working.
when it is looking up at the night sky. (b) Buck was a heavy dog. He was one (g) Right
b You can find a camp, gold, rocks ( and hundred and forty pounds. (h) Wrong. The Scottish man killed Dave
sometimes a rope ( in the mountains. (c) Four men took Buck from San because he was very ill and weak.
You can find gold in a bank. You can Francisco to Seattle. 2 Open answers
find rope in a sports store. (d) Buck had no water for two days and Chapter 5
c head, arm, neck two nights.
bed, sleep, rest (a) The driver of the Canadian Mail Sledge
(e) Buck attacked the man in the red shirt
woods, mountains, the wild says this to the dogs when they arrive in
twelve times.
knife, gun, club Skaguay after thirty days without a rest.
(f) Perrault paid three hundred dollars
hurt, cry, pain (b) Hal says this to the dogs. He wants to start
for Buck.
shirt, pants, boots his trip but the dogs can’t pull his heavy
(g) Perrault and Francois took four dogs
kill, police law sledge.
to Alaska.
d (see picture) (c) A man says this to Hal. The man is
2 (a) Mr Miller was Buck’s first boss.
e Open answers watching Hal and he feels sorry for the
(b) Manuel took Buck away from Mr
3 a Manuel takes Buck from his home in dogs. The man wants to help the dogs.
Miller’s house.
California and sells him. This is the (d) Thornton says this to Hal. Hal wants to
(c) Perrault took Buck and his other dog
beginning of Buck’s new life in the know the way to Dawson. But the ice is thin
on a boat.
North. now because the weather is warmer. The
(d) Curly was Perrault’s other dog.
The man with the red shirt teaches ice is dangerous.
(e) Buck didn’t like Spitz.
Buck ‘the lesson of the club’. After his (e) Thornton says this to Hal. Hal is hitting
(f) Dave was not a friendly dog.
fight with the man in the red shirt, Buck very badly because Buck doesn’t want
(g) Perrault and Francois were kind to
Buck knows that he is not the boss. to get up. Buck is almost dead.
their dogs.
He cannot attack or hurt a man with a (f) Hal says this to Thornton. Then Hal and
club. Chapter 2 Thornton fight. After this, Thornton cuts
There is gold in the North, so men 1 (a) Francois puts a harness on Buck. 2 Buck’s harness and Hal leaves him behind.
want to go there. (b) Buck finds Billie under the snow. 5 Chapter 6
They want dogs with thick, warm (c) Some dogs kill Curly. 1
1 (a) His friends left him there because he had
coats. Because Buck is a strong dog (d) Buck tries to sleep inside in the warm.
bad feet.
with a thick, warm coat, men take him 4
(b) Skeet washes Buck’s cuts; Nig is friendly
to the North. (e) Buck takes fish from the food box. 8
and plays with Buck.
b Curly was Buck’s friend. Spitz laughs (f) Buck takes food from other dogs. 7
(c) Thornton is kind and helps Buck. He
when Curly dies. So Buck hates Spitz. (g) Buck pulls a sledge. 3
takes him away from Hal; he never hits
c Dolly goes crazy because strange, (h) The nine dogs and two men start their
him. Thornton talks to Buck every day
hungry dogs attack her. trip. 6
and Buck loves this.
4–5 Open answers 2 Suggested answer
(d) He attacks a man who wants to fight
6 a Buck is now the most important dog, The other dogs in the camp and Spitz
Thornton. He helps Thornton in the river.
so he wants the best harness place. teach Buck about fighting and killing
He pulls a very heavy sledge and wins
b Dave wants to stay in his harness Francois and Spitz teach Buck to pull the
$1000 dollars for Thornton.
because he only loves his work. sledge
2 Mistakes in the story are:
c The Scottish man kills Dave with his Perrault and Francois show Buck that he
Last night in a shop in Skaguay, a man
gun. can’t sleep inside
showed his love for his dog. He pulled a
d They fight because they hate the cold, Billie teaches Buck about sleeping in the
sledge with three hundred and fifty kilos of
the hard work and the trip. They fight snow
gold on it and his boss, Mr Thornton, lost
because they don’t understand life in Sol-leks and Dave teach Buck about hard
$1000.
the North. work
Mr Matthewson put his big beautiful dog,
e He knows that Buck is a good dog. The other sledge dogs teach Buck about
Buck, in his harness. Lots of people
Buck is hurt and he wants to help him. eating fast
watched and they were very quiet. ‘It’s
7 Open answers Pike teaches Buck to take food from the
easy,’everyone said. Mr Thornton’s $100
8 a right b wrong c right food box.
bag of sugar was on a chair outside the bar.
9–13 Open answers
Chapter 3 Mr Matthewson said something into Buck’s
(a) The sledge dogs run away from the camp ear very loudly. Then he walked to his dog
and come back in the morning. and said something quietly again. The dog
Answers to Factsheet activities (b) Dolly goes crazy after the attack and tried to pull the heavy bag. Everyone
jumps at Buck. shouted and the dog pulled hard. The
■ Communicative activities sledge started to move quickly. Mr Thornton
(c) The sledge and the dogs fall through the
Open answers ice because it is thin. watched from the bar. Slowly Buck and the
(d) Francois gives Buck some dog-boots sledge ran across one thousand metres of
■ Students Activities snow, and everybody went home.
because his feet hurt.
Activities before reading the book. Suggested answer:
(e) The men and the dogs arrive in Dawson
1 Buck is a dog. and stay there for a week. Last night outside a barin Dawson, a dog
2 Open answers (f) The Sledge dogs don’t work well showed his love for his boss. He pulled a
3 (a) Canada is north of the United States. because they are no longer afraid of sledge with fourhundred and fifty kilos of
(b) The weather in Canada is cold and Spitz. sugaron it and his boss, Mr Thornton, won
snowy. $1000.
Mr Thorntonput his big beautiful dog, Buck,
in his harness. Lots of people watched and
they were very excited. ‘It’s impossible,’

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 Penguin Readers Answer Key
The Call of the Wild
everyone said. Mr Matthewson’s $1000
bag of goldwas on a table insidethe
bar. Mr Thorntonsaid something into
Buck’s ear very quietly. Then he walked
away fromhis dog and shouted. The
dog tried to pull the heavy sledge.
Everyone was quiet and the dog pulled
hard. The sledge started to move
slowly. Mr Thornton walked behind the
sledge. Slowly Buck and the sledge
movedacross one hundredmetres of
snow, and everybody went crazy.
3 Open answer.
Chapter 7
(a) Thornton now has one thousand
dollars so he can make a trip. He and
his friends want to go to new places.
Also they want to find gold.
(b) When Thornton and his friends find the
place between the mountains, they
start to look for gold. So there is no
work for the dogs. They can do
nothing, so they are bored.
(c) Buck and the wolf come to a river.
When Buck sees the river, he thinks of
his boss, Thornton. So he goes back to
him.
(d) Buck follows a large old moose. The
moose has an arrow in it, and it is
angry. The moose goes for four days
and then dies. Buck follows it, and then
eats it.
(e) When Buck goes back to the camp, he
sees that his friends are dead. He sees
Indians in the camp. Buck is very, very
angry. He goes crazy and kills the
Indians.
(f) Thornton is dead and Buck doesn’t
want to be with men any more. He is a
wild animal now. His home is with the
wolves and the wild animals.

Activities after reading the book

Open answers

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