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While reading 5 Discuss with a friend and then complete.
Chapter 1 Buck is now a different dog. What is he
1 On the map on page 2, find these places. thinking? How does he feel?
Which are cities? Write the word “city” next to
the name.
California: …………
San Francisco: …………
The Yukon: …………
Alaska: …………
Dawson: …………
2 Complete these sentences. The answers are all
numbers.
a In 1896 Buck was ………… years old.
b Buck was a heavy dog. He was …………
pounds.
c ………… men took Buck from San Francisco
to Seattle.
d Buck had no water for ………… days and The weather is very ……………… . I don’t like
………… nights. ……………………………………………… .
e Buck attacked the man in the red shirt
………… times. Today, …………………………… Curly. She
f Perrault paid ………… dollars for Buck. ……………… . I feel very ……………… .
g Perrault and François took ………… dogs to Chapter 3
Alaska. 6 Who did it? Choose the right words and
3 Use books or the Internet to learn more. complete the sentences.
What is the weather like in California, the Yukon Wild dogs  Spitz  Billie  Dolly  Buck
and Alaska? What countries are they in? François  Buck and Dave
California a …………… took Buck’s bed.
Country: …………………… b …………… attacked the camp.
Weather: ……………………………………… c …………… ran away.
d …………… went crazy.
the Yukon e …………… fell into the icy water.
Country: …………………… f …………… made boots for Buck.
Weather: ……………………………………… g …………… broke Spitz’s leg.
Alaska 7 Complete the sentences.
Country: …………………… a The other dogs ……………… Spitz.
Weather: ……………………………………… b Buck was now …………………………… .
Chapter 2 Chapter 4
4 What happened first? Write the numbers, 1–8. 8 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
a c François put a harness on Buck. Change the wrong sentences.
b c Buck found Billie under the snow. a Buck was afraid of François when he had
c c Some dogs killed Curly. the club. c
d c Buck tried to sleep inside in the warm. ………………………………………………
e c Buck took fish from the food box. b Buck was a better sledge dog than Spitz. c
f c Buck took food from other dogs. ………………………………………………
g c Buck pulled a sledge. c François was sad when he sold Buck. c
h c The nine dogs and two men started their ………………………………………………
trip.
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d It was easier for the dogs when there was a
lot of snow. c
………………………………………………
e Sledge dogs did not like pulling sledges. c
………………………………………………
f Dave didn’t like working. c
………………………………………………
g The Mail Company men left their camp
without Dave. c
………………………………………………
h The Scottish man killed Dave because he
was a bad dog. c
………………………………………………
9 Read page 27 again and compare Spitz and
Buck. Who is better? Write 3–4 sentences.
Bucks runs faster.
1 ………………………………………………
2 ………………………………………………
3 ………………………………………………
4 ………………………………………………
Chapter 5
10 Who says these sentences to who and when?
What are they talking about? Don’t look at
the book! Work with a friend. Your friend can
look at the book and tell you if you are right
or wrong. Take 3 sentences each.
a “Now we’ll have a long rest.”
b “You aren’t pulling hard! I’ll kill you.”
c “Break the ice under the sledge.”
d “Don’t walk across this river to Dawson now.”
e “You hit that dog again and I’ll kill you.”
f “We’re going to Dawson and you can’t stop
us.”
Chapters 6 –7
11 Find the mistakes in this newspaper story.
Change the wrong words.
Last night in a shop in Skaguay, a man showed
his love for his dog. He pulled a sledge with
three hundred and fifty kilos of gold on it and
his boss, Mr. Thornton, lost $1,000.
Mr. Matthewson put his big, beautiful dog,
Buck, in his harness. Lots of people watched and
they were very quiet. Mr. Matthewson said
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something into Buck’s ear very loudly. Then he
walked to his dog and said something quietly
again. The dog tried to pull the heavy bag.
The dog pulled hard. The sledge started to move
quickly. Mr. Thornton watched from the bar.
Slowly Buck and the sledge ran across one
thousand meters of snow, and everybody went
home.
12 Look up headline in your dictionary. Then
think of a headline for the newspaper story
above. Discuss your ideas with a friend.
13 Write why …
a Thornton and his friends leave Dawson for
the East.
b Buck starts to go for walks in the woods.
c after he plays with the wolf, Buck goes back
to Thornton.
d Buck leaves the camp for more than five days.
e Buck kills the Indians.
After reading
14 Work with a friend.
Student A: Find a picture in the book and talk
about what is in the picture. Do not show the
picture to your friend.
Student B: Do not look at the picture. Try to say
what happens before and after the picture. Then
look at the picture.
15 You are back after a trip to the Yukon. Give
advice to other people who want to go, too.
Write 8 sentences.
Take a lot of clothes.
Don’t walk on thin ice.
1 ………………………………………………
2 ………………………………………………
3 ………………………………………………
4 ………………………………………………
5 ………………………………………………
6 ………………………………………………
7 ………………………………………………
8 ………………………………………………
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1 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
Change the wrong sentences.
a People went to Alaska to find silver. c
……………………………………………… .
……………………………………………….
b Buck walked on snow in San Francisco. c
……………………………………………… .
……………………………………………….
c In Alaska, dogs make warm beds under the
snow. c
……………………………………………… .
……………………………………………….
d Spitz liked Buck. c
……………………………………………… .
……………………………………………….
e Dave died in a fight with Spitz. c
……………………………………………… .
……………………………………………….
2 What happened first? Write the numbers, 2 The Scottish man sold the dogs because …
1–10.
a c A lot of thin wild dogs attacked the camp.
b c Buck had a bad fight with Spitz and then
he was the most important dog.
c c Perrault bought Buck and he and François
took the dog to Alaska.
d c Dave, one of the dogs, got very ill.
e c Perrault and François left and a Scottish
man bought the dogs to carry people’s
letters.
f c Buck travelled to Seattle for two days
without food or water.
g c Buck lived in Mr. Miller’s house in
California.
h c Miguel worked for Mr. Miller and sold
Buck to a man.
i c A man in a red shirt hit Buck with a club,
so the dog learned a lesson.
j c Buck’s feet were in pain and François made
boots for him.
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Chapters 5–7
3 Complete the sentences using the right
number.
a Charles, Hal and Mercedes … c
b John Thornton … c
c Mr. Matthewson … c
d Buck … c
e The Indians … c
1 can pull a very heavy sledge.
2 lost a thousand dollars.
3 attacked the camp.
4 fell into the icy water.
5 had bad feet.
4 What’s the right answer? Circle a, b, or c.
1 Hal, Charles and Mercedes fell into the cold
water because …
a the ice was thin and broke.
b the dogs didn’t pull hard.
c the sledge wasn’t very heavy.
a he wanted money.
b the dogs were very tired.
c the dogs didn’t like to work hard.
3 Thornton stayed in the camp because …
a Hans and Pete didn’t like him.
b he didn’t want gold.
c he couldn’t walk well.
4 Buck pulled the heavy sledge full of sugar
because …
a he was the most important dog.
b he loved Thornton.
c he didn’t like Matthewson.
5 Buck killed the Indians because …
a he was a wild dog.
b they killed his friends.
c they were dancing in the camp.
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The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Summary
Buck is a strong dog who lives a comfortable life with a
family in California. One day his world is changed forever.
A man who works for his owner steals Buck and sells
him. It is the time of the gold rush and people pay lots of
money for dogs to work in wild and dangerous regions of
Alaska and western Canada.
After some unpleasant experiences, Buck finds himself in
Alaska, where his new owners train him to pull a sledge.
Buck learns the ways of his tough new life, fights for
survival, and becomes the top dog on the sledge team.
Then the team of dogs is bought by a mail company and
has to work so hard that after a month the dogs are worn
out.
Two cruel and inexperienced men buy Buck. The result of
the men’s ignorance is a terrible disaster that Buck luckily
escapes thanks to Thornton, a man he comes to love.
But when Thornton is killed by Indians, Buck becomes
a completely wild animal, living in the forests and
mountains with his friends, the wolves.
Chapter 1: Buck lives happily at Mr. Miller’s house in
California, until Manuel, one of Mr. Miller’s workers,
steals him and sells him. Buck is taken to San Francisco
and then to Seattle and he is beaten with a club until he
learns to obey. Then he is sold again. Two men, Perrault
and François, take Buck and other strong dogs to Alaska.
Chapter 2: Buck must learn to live in the wild, where
dogs work hard and fight to the death. He learns to pull a
sledge, make a warm bed under the snow, and eat quickly
so that other dogs don’t eat his food. He soon becomes
stronger and wilder.
Chapter 3: Life in the icy North is dangerous. Wild dogs
attack the camp and the sledge dogs fight with each other
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all the time. The ice breaks and there are accidents. Spitz,
the most important dog, hates Buck. They fight and Buck
breaks Spitz’s leg. The other dogs attack Spitz. Buck is the
most important dog now.
Chapter 4: Buck takes Spitz’s place as the leader. The
men are very happy with the trip, but when they arrive
at Skaguay they sell the dogs to a Scottish man. The dogs
start working for the Canadian Mail Company. The work
is exhausting. One of the dogs, Dave, gets very ill and has
to be killed.
Chapter 5: As the dogs are exhausted and there are letters
to be delivered, the Scottish man sells the dogs to Charles
and Hal, two Americans who do not understand life in the
North. The two men and a woman, Mercedes, force the
dogs to work very hard and don’t give them enough food.
Several dogs die. Buck can’t go on and Hal hits him, but
a man called Thornton saves him. Though it’s spring and
the ice is thin, the men, Mercedes, their dogs, and their
heavy sledge go across the river. The ice breaks and they
disappear into the icy water.
Chapter 6: Buck gets stronger and learns to love
Thornton. He is happy with him, his other dogs and
his friends Hans and Pete. One day an angry man fights
Thornton in a bar and Buck attacks him. Another time,
Thornton and Buck fall into a fast river and Buck saves his
friend’s life. He then wins a bet for Thornton: he pulls a
very heavy sledge and gets a thousand dollars for him.
Chapter 7: Thornton and his friends go East and find
gold. Buck doesn’t have any work. He makes friends with
the wolves and hears the call of the wild. He learns to kill
animals and eat them. One day he follows and kills a big
moose and stays by the dead animal eating and sleeping.
When he goes back to the camp, he finds everyone is dead.
Indians are dancing in the camp. Buck attacks them and
kills several of them. He then joins the wolves. He is a
dangerous animal now, but he often goes back to the place
where the camp had been and howls sadly.
About the author
Jack London, whose real name was John Griffith Chaney,
was born in San Francisco, in the United States, in 1876.
He had little formal schooling, but his extensive life
experiences included being a laborer, a factory worker, a
sailor, a rancher, a journalist, and a gold prospector.
He married twice but his one child lived for only a few
hours.
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By his death at the age of forty in 1916, Jack had suffered
a vast number of health problems for years.
London was in favor of socialism and women’s suffrage.
He was a controversial personality who was often in the
news, as well as a best-selling and prolific writer. Millions
of readers have been thrilled by his stories of adventure,
often based on personal experiences, where he shows the
struggles of people and animals against adversity.
The original text
Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild was originally
entitled The Sleeping Wolf. London was a gold prospector
in the Yukon Territory himself. He left San Francisco on
July 25, 1897, and staked a claim on Henderson Creek in
November 1897, but soon had to go back home due to
illness. Although he had not found much gold, he gained
invaluable experience from which he drew material for his
novels and stories.
Background and themes
The Call of the Wild is the story of how a domestic dog
changes into a wild animal. This change is brought about
through a series of events over which the dog has no
control. It is the people he belongs to and the places he
finds himself in which cause him to change.
This story presents several themes related to values:
Survival: How does the environment in which we live
affect our values and behavior? Is violence justified in
extreme conditions?
Ambition: To what lengths are people ready to go in their
search for gold?
Animal rights: Is it right to force dogs to work until they
are almost dead (even to win a bet)? Is it justifiable to beat
them with clubs to train them to obey?
Domesticity vs. wildness: Is there a wild animal in
all animals? How deep are the civilizing effects of
compassion, gentleness, and love? In the natural world, are
these qualities useful at all?
Discussion activities
The following teacher-led activities aim at discussion and
extension.
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Chapter 1
Before reading
1 Discuss: Have students discuss dogs in their culture.
• Do people like dogs here / in our country / in this
city/town/village?
• Is there a dog in your house? Does the dog live inside
the house with the family? Or does it live in the
garden? Do you play with it? What does it eat?
• Are there dogs in the street? What do they eat?
2 Write: Have students complete a chart with simple
words and phrases.
What is the difference between family dogs and wild
dogs? Complete and compare.
Family dogs Wild dogs
After reading
3 Guess: Ask students to imagine the following.
• What will Buck do in Alaska?
• Who will be his friends? Who will he fight with?
Why?
• Will Perrault and François find gold?
Chapter 2
After reading
4 Check: What did Buck learn during his first days in
Alaska? Have students make a list. Use questions to
help them.
* What can dogs do with a harness? What must dogs do
when men shout “Mush!” and “Ho!”?
* Can dogs sleep inside, with the men? Where can they
find a warm place to sleep?
* Did Buck eat quickly? Does he eat slowly now? Why
not? Where can dogs get more food?
5 Discuss: Ask students to talk in pairs about “life
teachers,” and then share their ideas with the class.
Who are Buck’s teachers in the North?
Are they good teachers?
Chapter 3
After reading
6 Read carefully: Have students make a list of the
names of the sledge dogs mentioned in Chapter 3.
Who are Buck’s friends? Who hates Buck?
7 Discuss: Ask students their opinion about leaders.
Then they check if their opinions match the story as
they read Chapter 4.
Why is Buck the most important dog now? What can he
do? Can Buck be a good boss? Why?
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Chapter 4 Chapters 6–7
Before reading After reading
8 Guess: Ask students to read the words in italics under 14 Discuss: Have the students talk about animals and
the title and imagine the following. people. Divide students into groups to discuss. Then
Why did François cry? What happened to the men? have a class discussion and see whether the others
agree.
While reading a Why does Buck love Thornton? Compare Thornton to
9 Guess: Have students guess what happened (after Buck’s other bosses. Why does Thornton love Buck?
reading pages 24–27). What does the dog do for him?
On page 27, we read: b Hal hits Buck and Thornton talks to the dog. How
“But when they arrived at Skaguay, François and do people usually teach animals? What is the best
Perrault’s plans changed. They had to leave Skaguay and way?
the Yukon. c On page 49, Buck “started to feel something strange
They had to sell the dogs quickly. François put his arms inside him.” Is there something wild inside all dogs?
around Buck’s neck and he cried. Buck never saw the two 15 Write: What happens next? Get students to imagine
men again.” Buck’s life in the wild.
Have students compare this information to their Did he make friends? Did he have to fight to survive?
predictions in the previous activity and to imagine the What did he eat?
missing information. After discussing different possibilities, in pairs or in
Why did François and Perrault change their plans? small groups, get them to write a short “Chapter 8”
Why did they sell the dogs quickly and leave? Why was and share their versions with the class.
François so sad? Where did they go after that? 16 Write: Have students change the ending. At what
After reading point in Chapter 7 can the story be different?
10 Write: Have students respond to the events in this In class or as homework, ask students to write an
chapter as if they were one of the characters. alternative ending to the story and share it with the
Suppose you are the Scottish Man. Write a short note to rest of the class.
your friends in Scotland about the trip. Explain what Vocabulary activities
happened to Dave and what you did. For the Word list and vocabulary activities, go to
Get them to discuss their ideas in pairs first and then www.penguinreaders.com.
ask them to write the short note in class or as
homework.
Chapter 5
After reading
11 Discuss: Talk about people living in the wild.
Hal and Thornton fight like wild dogs. Ask students
what they think of their behavior.
What do you think of Hal?
Why doesn’t Hal listen to Thornton?
Is Thornton a good man?
Must Thornton stop Hal?
12 Role play: Discuss with students what the characters
would say to each other in the situation below. Then
get them to dramatize different short dialogues.
Hal, Charles and Mercedes are in Thornton’s camp.
Student A: You are Thornton. Help them get to Dawson.
Student B: You are Hal. You don’t listen to Thornton.
13 Guess: Have students talk about the picture on page
37 imagine what is happening.
What is Thornton saying to Buck? Do you speak to dogs?
What can Thornton do to help Buck get stronger?

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Book key 6.1 dead: Mercedes, Charles and Hal, the sledge dogs
living: Buck, Thornton
1.1 Open answers 6.2 1 ✓
1.2 Open answers 2 ✗ – Hal was a very unkind man.
2.1 1  Buck  2  California (North America)  3  1897 3 ✗ – Charles and Hal’s sledge was very heavy.
2.2 8  6  3  1  4  7  2  5 4 ✓
2.3 1  taller  2  them richer  3  hungrier, thirstier 5 ✗ – Thornton didn’t like Charles and Hal.
4  him crazier  5  angrier  6  colder 6 ✗ – The weather got warmer because it was spring.
2.4 Open answers 7 ✗ – Hal hit Buck with a club.
3.1 Possible answers: 8 ✗ – Thornton cut Buck’s harness and then sat
1 ... he was always hungry. down next to him.
2 ... he slept under the snow. 6.3 1 She was too tired. She couldn’t walk.
3 ... he worked hard. 2 It was too expensive. She couldn’t buy it.
4 ... many of the dogs are wild and unfriendly. 3 The dog was too fast. The man couldn’t catch it.
5 ... people are often angry. 4 They were too late. They couldn’t watch the movie.
3.2 1  Curly  2  Buck  3  Spitz  4  Sol-leks and Dave 6.4 Open answers
5  Spitz  6  all the dogs  7  Billie  8  Buck
3.3 1 He looks afraid. Talk about it  Open answers
2 He looks hungry. Write about it  Open answers
3 He looks tired. Project
4 He looks dangerous/angry/wild. 1–3  Open answers
5 He looks friendly/excited. 4 Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira) is a
3.4 Open answers Brazilian footballer. He plays for Barcelona and for
4.1 1 Spitz and Buck his country.
2 Because they want to be the most important dog. J. K. Rowling is a writer. She wrote the Harry
3 Spitz Potter books.
4 They don’t finish the first fight, but Buck wins the Bill Gates is the co-founder (with Paul Allen) of
last fight. Microsoft.
5 Buck breaks his leg. +  Open answers
+  Open answers 5 Open answers
4.2 1  Spitz  2  surprised  3  Eighty  4  eyes  5  Dolly
6  dog-boots  7  small  8  broke Discussion activities key
4.3 1  A  2  D  3  E  4  B  5  G  6  F  7  C 1 Open answers
4.4 Open answers 2 Suggested answers:
5.1 front  afraid  happy  Scottish  letters  Dave
Family dogs Wild dogs
5.2 2  1  4  3
domestic animals aggressive / can be crazy
5.3 1 Buck was bigger than Spitz.
2 Buck was stronger than Spitz. live in the house live in the street / in the wild
3 Buck was more intelligent than Spitz. play with and protect attack other dogs and people
5 Buck was the heaviest of the dogs / the heaviest children
dog. eat pet food get food in the street / kill
6 Buck was the best of the dogs/the best dog. animals for food
7 Buck was the fastest of the dogs/the fastest dog. 3 Open answers
8 Buck was the most important of the dogs/the most 4 Buck learned:
important dog. 3 to pull a sledge
5.4 Open answers 3 to sleep under the snow
3 to eat quickly
3 to steal more food from a box

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5 Suggested answers:
François: He’s kind and teaches him to wear a harness
to pull the sledge, but he also hits him when he does
something wrong.
Spitz: He teaches him to run fast. He attacks him if he
is slow.
Other dogs: They show him where to sleep. They
sometimes attack him, but they teach him how to
survive.
Buck watches and learns.
6 Spitz, Dolly, Billie, Dave, Joe, Dub
Spitz hates Buck. The other dogs are Buck’s friends but
Dolly attacks him when she goes crazy.
7 Suggested answers:
Thornton: You’ll have to buy more dogs. / Don’t put
lots of bags and boxes on the sledge. / Don’t walk on
thin ice. / Don’t hit the dogs. / Break the ice under the
sledge.
Hal: Go away! / The dogs are mine! / You’re wrong. / Be
quiet!
8 –15  Open answers
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1 California  ✗ – it’s a state
San Francisco  city
The Yukon  ✗ – it was a Canadian territory at the
time of the story; Yukon Territory is now a province
Alaska  ✗ – it was a territory at the time of the story;
it became a state in 1959
Dawson  city
2 a In 1896 Buck was three years old.
b Buck was a heavy dog. He was one hundred and
forty pounds.
c Four men took Buck from San Francico to Seattle.
d Buck had no water for two days and two nights.
e Buck attacked the man in the red shirt twelve
times.
f Perrault paid three hundred dollars for Buck.
g Perrault and François took four dogs to Alaska.
3 California
Country: United States
Weather: dry and sunny – hot, etc.
the Yukon
Country: Canada
Weather: very cold – it snows, etc.
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Alaska
Country: United States
Weather: very cold – it snows – very long nights in
winter, very long days in summer, etc.
4 a  2  b  5  c  1  d  4  e  8  f  7  g  3  h  6
5 Suggested answer:
The weather is very cold. I don’t like snow and
pulling a sledge. Today, some dogs attacked Curly.
She is dead. I feel very sad.
6 a  Spitz  b  Wild dogs  c  Billie  d  Dolly
e  Buck and Dave  f  François  g  Buck
7 a The other dogs attacked / killed Spitz.
b Buck was now the most important dog / the boss.
8 a ✗ – Buck was not afraid of François when he had
the club.
b ✓
c ✓
d ✗ – It was more difficult for the dogs when there
was a lot of snow.
e ✗ – Sledge dogs liked pulling sledges.
f ✗ – Dave liked working.
g ✓
h ✗ – The Scottish man killed Dave because he was
very ill and weak.
9 Suggested answers:
1 Buck is stronger and more intelligent than Spitz.
2 The other dogs are afraid of him and work harder.
3 He stops the fighting between the other dogs.
4 Students own answer
10 a The driver of the Canadian Mail Sledge says this to
the dogs when they arrive in Skaguay after thirty
days without a rest.
b Hal says this to the dogs. He wants to start his trip
but the dogs can’t pull his heavy sledge.
c A man says this to Hal. The man is watching Hal
and he feels sorry for the dogs. The man wants to
help the dogs.
d Thornton says this to Hal. Hal wants to know the
way to Dawson. But the ice is thin now because the
weather is warmer. The ice is dangerous.
e Thornton says this to Hal. Hal is hitting Buck very
badly because Buck doesn’t want to get up. Buck is
almost dead.
f Hal says this to Thornton. Then Hal and Thornton
fight. After this, Thornton cuts Buck’s harness and
Hal leaves him behind.
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11 Last night outside a bar in Dawson, a dog showed Progress test key
his love for his boss. He pulled a sledge with four 1 a ✗ – People went to Alaska to find gold.
hundred and fifty kilos of sugar on it and his boss, b ✗ – Buck walked on snow for the first time in
Mr. Thornton, won $1,000. Alaska.
Mr. Thornton put his big, beautiful dog, Buck, in his c Right. In Alaska, dogs make warm beds under the
harness. Lots of people watched and they were very snow.
excited. Mr. Thornton said something into Buck’s ear d ✗ – Spitz hated Buck.
very quietly. Then he walked away from his dog and e ✗ – Dave was ill and the Scottish man killed him.
shouted. The dog tried to pull the heavy sledge. 2 a  6  b  8  c  5  d  10  e  9  f  3  g  1  h  2
i  4  j  7
The dog pulled hard. The sledge started to move
3 a  4  b  5  c  2  d  1  e  3
slowly. Mr. Thornton walked behind the sledge.
4 1  A  2  B  3  C  4  B  5  B
Slowly Buck and the sledge moved across one hundred
meters of snow, and everybody went crazy.
12 Open answer
13 Suggested answers:
a Thornton now has one thousand dollars so he can
make a trip. He and his friends want to go to new
places. They also 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 have nothing
to do, 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.
14 Open answer
15 Suggested answers:
1 Take dogs with thick coats.
2 Don’t put too many things on your sledge.
3 Take some chocolate.
4 Stop at the camp to rest.
5 Give good food to your dogs.

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