Call of the Wild Reader's Theater Discussion Terms

Question 1

Where is the setting for Call of the Wild?

Accepted Answer

Yukon

Question 2

person, place, thing or idea

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noun

Question 3

What experience did London choose to write about that first got him recognized as a writer?

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seal hunting ship

Question 4

most powerful or influential; strongest

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dominant

Question 5

the remains of something that has been destroyed

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wreckage

Question 6

fiction story longer than a short story but shorter than a novel

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novella

Question 7

pounce (swoop down) is what part of speech?

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verb

Question 8

19th century art movement-show life as it is NOT as it should be (writing and painting)

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realism

Question 9

Call of the Wild is written from what point of view?

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third person limited

Question 10

enough to meet the needs of a situation or end

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sufficient

Question 11

someone who searches for an ore deposit

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prospector

Question 12

"perambulating" is what part of speech?

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verb

Question 13

What is London's other famous story about a dog?

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White Fang

Question 14

serious; sober; grim; unsmiling

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brooding

Question 15

word that describes a verb

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adverb

Question 16

word that describes a noun

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adjective

Question 17

challenge; go against

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defy

Question 18

What sickness made Jack London return home from the Yukon?

Accepted Answer

scurvy

Question 19

"nonessentials" is a common or proper noun?

Accepted Answer

common

Question 20

narrow crack, usually in a rock

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crevice

Question 21

strolling or walking around

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perambulating

Question 22

to confine someone; put away from others

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imprison

Question 23

an action or a state of of being

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verb

Question 24

move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward

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surge

Question 25

animal hunted or caught for food

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prey

Question 26

What type of writing would Jack London's Call of the Wild be considered?

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realism

Question 27

a, an, the are .....?

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articles

Question 28

dominant (powerful) is what part of speech?

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adjective

Question 29

things not needed for survival or a task

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nonessentials

Question 30

to do something carefully, gingerly

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cautiously

Question 31

body of a dead animal

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carcass

Question 32

"cautiously" is what part of speech?

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adverb

Question 33

Who is the main character in Call of the Wild?

Accepted Answer

Buck

Question 34

original; existing from the very beginning

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primordial

Question 35

belonging to the first ages; ancient

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primeval

Question 36

"prey" is what part of speech?

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noun

Question 37

Who wrote Call of the Wild?

Accepted Answer

Jack London

Question 38

an arrival; coming into place or view

Accepted Answer

advent

Question 39

to swoop down or jump down on and seize

Accepted Answer

pounce

Call of the Wild Reader's Theater Discussion Terms

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Call of the Wild Reader's Theater Discussion Terms

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