Table of Contents
- 1 What happens to Hal Charles and Mercedes at the end of chapter 5?
- 2 What finally happened to Charles Hal and Mercedes?
- 3 Who is Buck’s new owner in Chapter 4?
- 4 What do Hal Charles and Mercedes represent?
- 5 What role do Mercedes Hal and Charles play in the novel What do they represent in society?
- 6 Which dog gets killed immediately upon her arrival in the North?
What happens to Hal Charles and Mercedes at the end of chapter 5?
The dogs finally finish their exhaustive journey. They’re in a shoddy state. They meet characters who become their new owners: Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. These people (especially Mercedes) have enough luggage for about eight people because they don’t know how to pack light.
What finally happened to Charles Hal and Mercedes?
What finally happened to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes? They fell through the ice and died.
What happens to the sled team with all of the dogs Hal Charles Mercedes and all of the other humans by the end of Chapter V?
The dogs are replaced with a fresh team, and Buck and his mates are sold to two men recently arrived from the States. Hal tries to whip the team, but the dogs still cannot pull the sled, even when Mercedes pleads with them to pull so that her brother will stop whipping them.
What happens to Mercedes in Call of the Wild?
Death. Mercedes, with her husband and brother, arrive at John Thornton’s camp. It breaks, as they were warned, and Mercedes with the others drown in the lake, John Thornton and Buck watching them from afar.
Who is Buck’s new owner in Chapter 4?
Buck’s new owner is a “Scotch half-breed” and is known only by that name; he is the driver of the mail team over the trail to Dawson. Once again, Buck and his mates set out on the weary and monotonous trail to Dawson.
What do Hal Charles and Mercedes represent?
Mercedes symbolizes how unsuited civilized women were to life in the wild. Hal’s lack of experience in the frontier causes absurd moments like these, as he becomes a symbol for the folly of civilized life. Not only did they not know how to work dogs, but they did not know how to work themselves.
What happens to dub billee and Koona in Chapter 5?
The team loses Dub and the six Outside dogs and then they lose Billee and Koona, so now the team is down to five dogs. One day they pull into the camp of John Thornton at White River. He also gives the dog much needed rest and food to help him become the dog he was, before being treated so cruelly.
Why is it not smart to have 14 dogs pull a sled?
However, they fail to realize that sleds don’t have 14 dogs because sleds can’t carry enough food to feed them all. They at first overfeed the dogs in an attempt to make them pull harder.
What role do Mercedes Hal and Charles play in the novel What do they represent in society?
Hal in the novel. Hal is an out-of-place dog musher who knows nothing about dogs and how to work with them. Hal and his companions are meant to represent the weakness of overcivilized men and to embody the man-dog relationship at its worst.
Which dog gets killed immediately upon her arrival in the North?
Call of The Wild
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Which dog gets killed immediately upon her arrival in the North? | Dolly |
| Who is Buck’s great rival on the team of dogs? | Spitz |
| What event interrupts a fight between Buck & Spitz? | An attack by wild dogs |
| What event brings about the final confrontation between Buck & Spitz? | A dispute over food |
Who is Buck’s original owner?
Buck’s original owner is Judge Miller, in Santa Clara California. Buck is kidnapped by Manuel, and sold on the black market to people sending dogs to the Alaska Gold Rush. Buck is bought by Perrault and Francois, defeats Spitz to become Perrault and Francois’ lead dog.