COTW ch 5-6
how heave is the load Buck pulls for John?
1,000 pounds
how far is the journey the dogs take to return to Skaguay?
1,200 miles
how many dogs comprise the team of the new and inexperienced owner of buck?
14
how many dogs does John have when he find Buck?
2
how many dogs belonging to the inexperienced owners die on the trail?
7
what is the name of Hal's partner?
Charles
what is the name of the guy who purchases buck after they return to Skaguay?
Hal
who do John's dogs remind Buck of?
Judge Miller's sons
what is the name of the wife of the man who purchases buck after he returns to Skaguay?
Mercedes
what is the name of the dog that tried to nurse Buck back to health?
Skeet
what does the inexperienced man threaten john with?
a knife
what is john able to put on Bucks back that no one else can?
a pack
how does Buck view John?
as his equal
what does buck never ask John for?
attention
How does Buck show his care for John?
carefully nibbles on his hand
what does John do after Buck pulls the load for him?
cries
what does John tell the inexperienced men NOT to do?
cross the river
what does Buck see that lets him know that his owners are clueless?
disorganized camp
how do the inexperienced men die?
fall into the river
what does Buck do that loses him the respect of his team?
falls in his harness
what does John call the inexperienced men when they brag about making it to the camp?
fools
what injury does John get the year before he finds Buck
froze his feet
how do Johns dogs react when John takes in Buck's care as well?
gladly welcomed
why does buck refuse to go with the inexperienced men?
he has a sense of impending doom
who haunts Buck at John's fireside?
his ancestors
who leaves John by the river when he is injured?
his partner
what does Buck hear in the forest that stimulates old instincts?
howling
Why are the dogs unable to move the sled of their new owners?
it is overloaded
what crazy thing does John order Buck to do one day?
jump off a cliff
what does John do when Buck tries to obey the crazy order?
jumps in front of Buck
how does John treat his dogs?
like his own children
what are most of the dogs on the team doing when they return to Skaguay?
limping
what emotion does Buck feel for the first time with John?
love
what does John say to all the offers to buy Buck from him?
no sir
here is John Thornton's camp?
on the White River
How long does it take for the team to return to Skaguay?
one month
what is the first mistake the new owners make towards the dogs on the trail?
over feed them
what do the dogs need most, and are denied, by the new and inexperienced owners?
rest
what do the owners do to the dogs that refuse to pull the sled any longer?
shoots them
what does the woman do when the men forcibly removed her from the sled?
sits on the ground without moving
what season is it when John finds Buck?
spring
what does Buck do to the other men that he refuses to do to john?
steal food
what does Buck want to be with other dogs?
their leader, father, and protector
why does the new owner think the dogs are unable to move the sled?
they need to be whipped
why is john left by the river when he is injured?
to recuperate
