- Why was Thornton able to pay off his debts?
Buck earned $1600 for Thornton, which allowed him to pay off his debts. "When Buck earned sixteen hundred dollars in five minutes for John Thornton, he made it possible for his master to pay off certain debts." (London 84)
- They took months searching for what place but finally managed to locate what place?
The dogs and their masters spent months trying to find a very valuble cabin. "But no living man had looted this treasure house, and the dead... The months came and went... Lost Cabin..." (London 84-86)
- What is the hairy man that Buck sees during his long hours musing by the fire?
Buck is remembering Judge Miller's children.
- What noise causes Buck to spring from his sleep with a start?
A howl caused Buck to wake up with a start. "One night he sprang from sleep with a start, eager-eyed, nostrils quivering and scenting, his mane bristling in recurrrent waves. From the forest came the call (or one note of it, for the call was many-noted), distinct and definite as never before - a long-drawn howl." (London 88)
- In one of his wanderings in the forest, Buck stumbles across a buck, tracks it and kills it. Do you think this could actually happen?
No, this cannot happen due to the fact that the buck would hear Buck and run away.
- What horrific scene does Buck stumble upon in the forest?
Buck sees Nig with an arrow through his body. "Found Nig. He was lying on his side, dead where he had dragged himself, an arrow protruding, head and feathers, from either side of his body." (London 97)
- How does Buck react to Yeehats?
Buck sees the fact that the Yeehats killed Thornton before he sees the Yeehats, therfore he growls at the Yeehats ferociously.
- Who does Buck recognize when he encounters the pack of wolves in "his" valley?
Buck first attacks the wolves, but then when the head wolf comes out, Buck joins the pack. "Like a flash Buck struck, breaking the neck... And so well did he face it, that at the end of half an hour the wolves drew back discomforted... Then an old wolf, gaunt and battle-scared, came forward... Whereupon the old wolf sat down, pointed nose at the moon, and broke out into a long wolf howl. The others sat down and howled... He, too, sat down and howled." (London 100-101)
- Does the end of the story surprise you?
Explain in a paragraph of a minimum of five sentences.
No, the end of the story does not surprise me, due to one reason and one reason only. Before I read a book, I read it's summaries. On the front page summary, it says "Unable to resist the call of the Alaskan wilderness, he breaks free to roam as leader of a ferocious." (London). The other part of the ending, where Buck's features become part of the wolves because Buck will need to breed, and breeding passes on his features. The "Ghost Dog" that the Yeehats tell about is what they rember about Buck, which is not suprising to me, because people belive what they are told or see.