Imagery and Events in The Call of the Wild

Question 9 • *NBHS FL-1001070-M/J Language Arts 3 A

Which excerpt from The Call of the Wild best helps readers to visualize how thin Buck has become?

Answer

And through it all Buck staggered along at the head of the team as in a nightmare. He pulled when he could; when he could no longer pull, he fell down.

His muscles had wasted away to knotty strings, and the flesh pads had disappeared, so that each rib and every bone in his frame were outlined cleanly through the loose hide. . . .

Buck refused to move under the rain of heavier blows which now fell upon him. Like his mates, he was barely able to get up. . . .

Thornton knelt beside him and with rough, kindly hands searched for broken bones. By the time his search had disclosed nothing more than many bruises and a state of terrible starvation, the sled was a quarter of a mile away.

Explanation

Choice B gives specific visual details that show Buck’s thinness: his muscles have wasted away, his flesh pads are gone, and his ribs and bones are clearly outlined beneath his loose hide. The other excerpts describe his weakness, injuries, or difficulty moving, but do not picture his body as directly.

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