Answer Key to Password Readers
The Call of the Wild
Chapter 1
pages 4–5
(1)
d
(2)
Husky, b
Baggage car, c
Miner, a
Judge, d
Gardener, e
pages 8–9
(3)
1. Judge Miller
4. bad
2. in the country
5. $100
3. look for gold
6. on a train
(4)
Buck
Judge Miller
Toots
Manuel
Ysabel
(5)
Use your atlas.
(6)
100, 55, 12, 323
(7)
full / sad / hates / cry / start
(8)
strong / lives / loves / steals / sells / kind / cage / looks / dirty / sticks / happy
a strong and furry dog
Buck’s owner
Japanese pug dog
the gardener
a Mexican hairless dog
Settings (pages 10–11)
(from left to right): g, e, c, a, b, d, f, h
Chapter 2
(1)
Parts of dog’s body
(2)
dogs / cages / boxes / noses / babies / wives / teeth
pages 16–17
(3)
1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. F
6. F
(4)
kind, gentle, friendly
(5)
Spitz: a clever, white husky
Curly: a big, friendly Newfoundland dog
Dave: a moody, depressive dog
7. F
1
(6)
a.
b.
c.
Buck is running.
Buck is eating from his owner’s hand.
Buck is jumping at the red-sweater man.
(7)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Peter doesn’t like his new school very much.
Molly lives in Madrid and she speaks Spanish.
My dog eats a lot of meat.
It doesn’t rain very often in Italy in the summer.
This film isn’t very interesting – can we change the channel?
(8)
stops / jumps / hits / stick / obey / Perrault / dollars / Spitz / Dave / ship / snow
Chapter 3
pages 18–19
(1)
red: blood, dog’s tongue
black: dogs’ heads
white: dogs’ bodies, snow
yellow: jackets’ hood undersides
brown: dog’s tail and back, logs, men’s boots
blue: sledge
green: trees
orange: woollen hat
(2)
Identify the items.
(3)
Buck learns to live and work in a wild and very hostile environment.
pages 22–23
(4)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
He fights with a husky dog.
The husky dog does.
They hit the dogs.
Spitz is.
It is a law of pain and power.
(5)
straps, 2 / whip, 5 / load, 4 / harness, 3 / runners, 1
(6)
The red-sweater man: dirty, bad, harsh
Francois: gentle, stern, big
Perrault: foreign, fair, calm
(7)
Use your dictionary
(8)
1. must come
4. must drive
2. mustn’t drive
5. mustn’t touch
3. must phone
2
Chapter 4
pages 24–25
(1)
1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. F
6. T
(2)
a.
b.
c.
pulling the sled: third picture
falling into a hole in the snow: second picture
sniffing the food: first picture
pages 28–29
(3)
1. T
2. F
3. F
(4)
Identify the objects.
(5)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(6)
cold
canvas
wooden
sleeping
leather
(7)
1. taller
4. more intelligent
(8)
c, b, d, a, e, g, f
4. F
5. F
6. F
The dogs are sleeping under the snow.
The tent is on the snow.
The dogs are outside the tent.
The food is inside the tent.
Buck is sleeping next to Billee.
snow
tent
poles
dogs
harness
2. longer
5. happier
3. more expensive
Settings (pages 30–31)
(page 30, clockwise from bottom left): b, f, h, c, k, g, a, e
(page 31, from left to right): l, d, I, j
Chapter 5
pages 32–33
(3)
1. T
2. T
3. F
(2)
a. second picture
c. second picture
(3)
1. smells
2. hear
4. F
5. F
b. second picture
d. first picture
3. tastes
4. see
3
pages 36–37
(4)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(5)
Because Spitz takes Buck’s sleeping place.
They look like thin huskies.
By hitting the wolves with a stick.
Because Perrault throws his stick to the wolves, misses them and hits
(and breaks) the box.
Three of the wolves attack him.
Joe.
A – Buck
B – Wolves
his muscles are hard as iron
is strong and smart
smells very well
is a great survivor
makes waterholes in thin ice
has acute hearing
is a great fighter
have bones showing through their skin
eat ravenously
are mad with hunger
are savage animals
move steadily
(6)
1. noisily
4. quietly
2. kindly
5. quickly
3. closely
(7)
1. thinner
4. more worried
2. hungrier
5. colder
3. fatter
(8)
a. cuts
b. steals
e. loses
f. make
b, f, a, d, g, c, e
c. bleeds
g. gulp
d. growls
Chapter 6
pages 38–39
(1)
Wolves, foxes, geese, rabbits, bears
(2)
a. 2
b. 3
c. 1
d. 4
2. T
3. F
4. T
pages 42–43
(3)
1. F
(4)
1. Perrault does
4. Dolly does
(5)
Use your dictionary.
5. F
2. Buck does
5. Dave does
6. F
7. F
3. Francoise does
6. Buck does
4
(6)
1. limp
2. warms
3. escapes
4. dry 5. chases
(7)
1. When
2. Where
3. What
4. Which
1.
2
3.
4.
5.
6. surround
5. Why
After a few days.
In Hootalinqua.
Thick ice.
A snow rabbit.
Buck kills him.
Chapter 7
pages 44–45
(1)
e, d, f, a, b, c, g
(2)
Places: Yukon, Dawson, Hootalinqua
Equipment for the trip: harness, sled, plates, tent, whip, firewood,
cooking utensils
Verbs about dogs: growl, bark, bite, yelp, snarl, sniff
pages 48–49
(3)
1. dead in the forest.
3. throws down his stick.
5. two new dogs
2. the team leader.
4. smart and quick leader.
(4)
Pike: He’s the light brown one
Joe: He’s the white faced and dark brown coat one
Buck: He’s the light brown and white one
(5)
Use your dictionary.
(6)
1. highest
4. most difficult
(7)
2. Perrault is the best owner.
3. The temperature is the coldest.
4. Buck is the best leader.
5. Buck is smartest and quickest.
(8)
c, d, a, b, e, f, g
2. largest
5. best
3. worst
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Chapter 8
pages 50–51
(1)
50 degrees below zero
(2)
cooking
building
cutting
the breakfast
fires
wood for fires
pages 54–55
(3)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
He is very unhappy to leave the dogs.
The mail service in the busiest route.
Letters from all over the world.
He dreams of another fire with another man sitting by it.
One thousand eight hundred miles.
He becomes very ill and dies.
(4)
1. lying
(5)
tough / long hair / matted hair / short / wears animal skins / strong
(6)
1.
Buck likes to lie stretched out near the fire.
2.
Each dog has a different personality.
3.
Now Buck must pull with new dogs.
4.
It snows every day.
Every dog likes Buck
(7)
Open
Example: I get up at 8 o’ clock and have breakfast. At 9 I go to school. When I
finish school I do my homework. In the evening I watch television.
(8)
hard / excellent / dreams / another / works / sick / many / strength /
cries / work / shoot
2. sitting
3. lying
4. eating
5. thinking
Chapter 9
pages 56–57
(1)
busy (line 12), large (line 12)
(2)
The runners in chapter 4 do not join together. The sled in chapter 9 is bigger.
pages 60–61
(3)
1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. T
(4)
slowly, extremely, constantly, badly
6
(5)
63: Buck used to weigh 63 kilos.
52: Now he only weighs 52 kilos.
2500: In five months, they have travelled an incredible 2500 miles.
20: Hal is about 20 years old.
(6)
quickly, easily, quietly, terribly, clearly, loudly
Write your own sentences.
(7)
a. too
(8)
thirty / tired / rest / deliver / leave / fresh
b. too
c. too
d. enough.
e. enough
Chapter 10
pages 62–63
(1)
Mercedes is Hal’s sister and Charles’ wife.
Hal is twenty years old.
Charles is middle-aged with a long moustache.
(2)
a. 2
b. 1
(3)
1.
2.
3.
4.
It is Hal’s revolver. It’s his.
They are Mercedes’ clothes. They’re hers.
It is Charles’ moustache. It’s his.
They are Buck’s moccasins. They’re his.
c. 3
d. 4
pages 66–67
(4)
a. 2
b. 1
c. 4
d. 3
(5)
1.
2.
3.
Mercedes: selfish, inexperienced, kind
Hal: stubborn, young, violent
The men in Skagway: wise, helpful, experienced
(6)
Use your dictionary.
(7)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(8)
d, e, b, f, c, a, g
The dogs are as weak as puppies.
Mercedes cries as loud as a baby.
The sled is as heavy as a ship.
That man is as strong as a horse.
My little sister is as tall as me.
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Chapter 11
pages 68–69
(1)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(2)
c, d, f
He was born in California.
Manuel.
A big, friendly, Newfoundland dog.
Spitz.
They were at Lake Le Barge.
Dolly.
Two Americans – Hal and Charles.
pages 72–73
(3)
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. F
6. F
(4)
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2
e. 1
f. 6
(5)
fair / calm / experienced / compassionate / good
(6)
stiff / healthy / blood / gone / thin / miserable
(7)
dogs
squirrels
birds
bear
wolf
(8)
1. is rising
4. is playing
bark
chatter
sing
growls
howls
2. are you doing
5. am working.
3. is looking
Chapter 12
pages 74–75
(1)
Use your dictionary.
(2)
(from left): stretch out, play, stroke
(in colour): follow
pages 78–79
(3)
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. F
6. T
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(4)
1.
2.
3.
4.
They are sitting on a high mountain ledge.
He tells Buck to jump.
He jumps.
Thornton grabs him just in time and pulls him to safety.
(5)
Northland: primitive, harsh, cold, wild
Southland: gentle, warm, civilised, rugged
(6)
Use your dictionary
(7)
1. scars
(8)
e, a, b, f, h, d, g, c
2. fight
3. current
4. bones
5. pours
Chapter 13
pages 80–81
(1)
Try to guess (predict).
(2)
365 kg: three hundred and sixty five kilos
$2,500: two thousand and five hundred dollars
$300,000: three hundred thousand dollars
48 kg: forty eight kilograms
$1,000,000: one million dollars
pages 84–85
(3)
c, b, d, a, g, e, f
(4)
450 = The number of kilos Thornton says Buck can pull.
1,000 = The amount of money Matthewson initially bets Thornton.
60 = The below zero temperature outside the saloon.
100 = The number of metres Buck pulls the sled.
(5)
defiant / loud / boastful / rich /
(6)
1. your
(7)
saloon / kilos / pull / thousand / Buck / runners / harnessed / talks / move / Buck /
strength / pulls / hundred metre / cheer
2. his
3. her
4. their 5. your
6. Its
Settings (pages 86–87)
(page 86, clockwise from upper left): d, i, b, a, e, g, h
(page 87, from top): j, f, c
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Chapter 14
pages 88–89
(1)
autumn
(2)
b
(3)
A wolf.
pages 92–93
(4)
1. F
2. F
(5)
Buck a, d, f, h
Wolf b, c, e, g
(6)
1. a
(7)
d, g, e, b, c, a, f
2. an
3. F
3. a
4. T
5. F
4. an
5. a
6. F
7. F
Chapter 15
pages 94–95
Chapter 1
Chapter 5
Chapter 15
b, e, h, n, o, p, q
d, f, i, j, l
a, c, k, m, r
pages 98–99
(2)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
He licks John Thornton’s face.
He thinks and acts like a wolf.
They are eating the meat of a moose.
He kills a large black bear and a bull moose.
He finds Thornton near the water.
The Yeehat Indians.
In the evening.
(3)
Use your dictionary.
(4)
a. moose
b. wolf b. beaver
(5)
1. through
2. outside
3. by 4. on 5. into
(6)
1. outside
2. through
3. into 4. by 5.on
(7)
camp / licks / forest / fish / hunter / moose / arrows / dancing / master / lying / kills /
afraid / devil / pack / wolves / the Ghost / Northland
d. rabbit
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About The Story
The Life of Jack London (page 101)
(2)
c, d, g, e, b, a, f
Siberian Huskies (page 102)
(3)
a. 5
b. 6
c. 2
d. 3
e. 1
f. 8
g. 4
The Klondike (pages 104–105)
(1)
First article: c
(2)
Second article: a
a
b
c
d
Not Only Glossary (pages 106–112)
(1)
A
dry
best
cry
empty
poor
wild
mean
danger
healthy
(2)
moose / salmon / Rabbit / wolf / bear
(3)
1.
2.
3.
4.
(4)
(5)
B
wet
worst
laugh
full
rich
tame
kind
safety
sick
furious / lonely / pleased / proud / frightened / crazy
growl / yelp / bark / howl / whimper / cry / snarl
back / nose / jaw / toes / eyes / tail / tongue / fang / throat / coat / ears /
head
rope / revolver / harness / sled / whip / tent / sleeping bag / axe /
firewood
Across 1. where
11. chunk
Down 1. woman
10. meat
1. gulps
3. moose
12. alert
2. rest
11. cheer
2. backwards 3. digs
7. owner
13. danger
4. obey
8. hole
9. team
5. exhausted
6. Poke
4. shadow
5. stubborn
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