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The Call of the Wild

c Pearson Education Limited 2007 The Call of the Wild - Answer keys 1 of 3

PENGUIN ACTIVE READINGTeacher Support Programme Answer keys LEVEL 2

Book key

1.1 Open answers1.2 Open answers

2.1 1 Buck 2 California (North America) 3 18972.2 8 6 3 1 4 7 2 52.3 1 taller 2 them richer 3 hungrier, thirstier 4 him crazier 5 angrier 6 colder2.4 Open answers3.1 Possible answers: 1 ... he was always hungry. 2 ... he slept under the snow. 3 ... he worked hard. 4 ... many of the dogs are wild and unfriendly.

5 ... people are often angry.3.2 1 Curly 2 Buck 3 Spitz 4 Sol-leks and Dave 5 Spitz 6 all the dogs 7 Billie 8 Buck 3.3 1 He looks afraid. 2 He looks hungry. 3 He looks tired. 4 He looks dangerous/angry/wild. 5 He looks friendly/excited.3.4 Open answers4.1 1 Spitz and Buck 2 Because they want to be the most important dog. 3 Spitz 4 They dont nish the rst ght, but Buck wins the

last ght. 5 Buck breaks his leg. + Open answers4.2 1 Spitz 2 surprised 3 Eighty 4 eyes 5 Dolly 6 dog-boots 7 small 8 broke4.3 1 A 2 D 3 E 4 B 5 G 6 F 7 C4.4 Open answers5.1 front afraid happy Scottish letters Dave5.2 2 1 4 35.3 1 Buck was bigger than Spitz. 2 Buck was stronger than Spitz. 3 Buck was more intelligent than Spitz. 5 Buck was the heaviest of the dogs / the heaviest

dog. 6 Buck was the best of the dogs/the best dog. 7 Buck was the fastest of the dogs/the fastest dog. 8 Buck was the most important of the dogs/the most

important dog.

5.4 Open answers

6.1 dead: Mercedes, Charles and Hal, the sledge dogs living: Buck, Thornton6.2 1 2 Hal was a very unkind man. 3 Charles and Hals sledge was very heavy. 4 5 Thornton didnt like Charles and Hal. 6 The weather got warmer because it was spring.

7 Hal hit Buck with a club. 8 Thornton cut Bucks harness and then sat

down next to him.6.3 1 She was too tired. She couldnt walk.

2 It was too expensive. She couldnt buy it. 3 The dog was too fast. The man couldnt catch it.

4 They were too late. They couldnt watch the movie.6.4 Open answers

Talk about it Open answers

Write about it Open answers

Project 13 Open answers 4 Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira) is a

Brazilian footballer. He plays for Barcelona and forhis country.

J. K. Rowling is a writer. She wrote the HarryPotter books.Bill Gates is the co-founder (with Paul Allen) ofMicrosoft.

+ Open answers 5 Open answers

Discussion activities key1 Open answers2 Suggested answers:

3 Open answers4 Buck learned: to pull a sledge

to sleep under the snow to eat quickly to steal more food from a box

Family dogs Wild dogsdomestic animals aggressive / can be crazy live in the house live in the street / in the wildplay with and protectchildren

attack other dogs and people

eat pet food get food in the street / killanimals for food


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5 Suggested answers: Franois: Hes kind and teaches him to wear a harness

to pull the sledge, but he also hits him when he doessomething wrong.

Spitz: He teaches him to run fast. He attacks him if heis slow.

Other dogs: They show him where to sleep. Theysometimes attack him, but they teach him how tosurvive.

Buck watches and learns.6 Spitz, Dolly, Billie, Dave, Joe, Dub

Spitz hates Buck. The other dogs are Bucks friends butDolly attacks him when she goes crazy.

7 Suggested answers:

Thornton: Youll have to buy more dogs. / Dont putlots of bags and boxes on the sledge. / Dont walk onthin ice. / Dont hit the dogs. / Break the ice under thesledge.

Hal: Go away! / The dogs are mine! / Youre wrong. / Bequiet!

815 Open answers

Activities worksheets key1 California its 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 wasthree years old. b Buck was a heavy dog. He wasone hundred and

forty pounds. c Four men took Buck from San Francico to Seattle. d Buck had no water fortwo days and two nights. e Buck attacked the man in the red shirttwelve

times. f Perrault paid three hundred dollars for Buck. g Perrault and Franois 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.

AlaskaCountry: 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 65 Suggested answer: The weather is verycold . I dont likesnow 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 Franois g Buck7 a The other dogs attacked / killed Spitz. b Buck was nowthe most important dog / the boss .8 a Buck was not afraid of Franois when he had

the club. b c d It was more difcult 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 ghting between the other dogs.

4 Students own answer10 a The driver of the Canadian Mail Sledge says this to

the dogs when they arrive in Skaguay after thirtydays without a rest.

b Hal says this to the dogs. He wants to start his tripbut the dogs cant pull his heavy sledge.

c A man says this to Hal. The man is watching Haland he feels sorry for the dogs. The man wants tohelp 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 verybadly because Buck doesnt want to get up. Buck isalmost dead.

f Hal says this to Thornton. Then Hal and Thorntonght. After this, Thornton cuts Bucks harness andHal leaves him behind.


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11 Last nightoutside a bar in Dawson , a dog showedhis love for his boss. He pulled a sledge withfour hundred and fty kilos ofsugar on it and his boss,Mr. Thornton, won $1,000.

Mr. Thornton put his big, beautiful dog, Buck, in hisharness. Lots of people watched and they were very excited . Mr. Thornton said something into Bucks earveryquietly . Then he walkedaway from his dog andshouted . The dog tried to pull the heavysledge.

The dog pulled hard. The sledge started to moveslowly . Mr. Thornton walked behind the sledge .Slowly Buck and the sledgemoved across one hundredmeters of snow, and everybody wentcrazy .

12 Open answer13 Suggested answers: a Thornton now has one thousand dollars so he can

make a trip. He and his friends want to go to newplaces. They also want to nd gold.

b When Thornton and his friends nd the placebetween the mountains, they start to look for gold.So there is no work for the dogs. They have nothingto do, so they are bored.

c Buck and the wolf come to a river. When Buck seesthe river, he thinks of his boss, Thornton. So hegoes back to him.

d Buck follows a large old moose. The moose has anarrow in it, and it is angry. The moose goes for fourdays and then dies. Buck follows it, and then eats it.

e When Buck goes back to the camp, he sees thathis friends are dead. He sees Indians in the camp.Buck is very, very angry. He goes crazy and kills theIndians.

14 Open answer15 Suggested answers: 1 Take dogs with thick coats. 2 Dont 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.

Progress test key1 a People went to Alaska to nd gold. b Buck walked on snow for the rst time in

Alaska . c Right. In Alaska, dogs make warm beds under the

snow.d Spitz hated Buck.e Dave was ill andthe Scottish man killed him.

2 a 6 b 8 c 5 d 10 e 9 f 3 g 1 h 2 i 4 j 73 a 4 b 5 c 2 d 1 e 34 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 B

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