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1. And at such times that money passed between them the strangers took one or more of the dogs away with them. Buck wondered where they went, for they never came back; but the fear of the future was strong upon him, and he was glad each time when he was not selected.
What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this excerpt?
Who will purchase Buck?
2. For two days and nights this express car was dragged along at the tail of shrieking locomotives; and for two days and nights Buck neither ate nor drank.
What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this sentence?
Where are the strangers taking Buck?
3. And this was the manner of dog Buck was in the fall of 1897, when the Klondike strike dragged men from all the world into the frozen North. But Buck did not read the newspapers, and he did not know that Manuel, one of the gardener's helpers, was an undesirable acquaintance. . . .
The Judge was at a meeting of the Raisin Growers' Association, and the boys were busy organizing an athletic club, on the memorable night of Manuel's treachery. No one saw him and Buck go off through the orchard on what Buck imagined was merely a stroll. And with the exception of a solitary man, no one saw them arrive at the little flag station known as College Park. This man talked with Manuel, and money chinked between them.
What does the excerpt reveal about the historical context of the story?
There is a market for stolen dogs to be used for labor in the North.
4. Clerks in the express office took charge of him; he was carted about in another wagon; a truck carried him, with an assortment of boxes and parcels, upon a ferry steamer; he was trucked off the steamer into a great railway depot, and finally he was deposited in an express car.
For two days and nights this express car was dragged along at the tail of shrieking locomotives.
What does this excerpt reveal about the setting of the story?
It is in a remote location.
5. The Judge was at a meeting of the Raisin Growers' Association, and the boys were busy organizing an athletic club, on the memorable night of Manuel's treachery.
What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this sentence?
What does Manuel do to Buck while the family is away?
6. And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling Francois on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood.
What does the excerpt reveal about the setting of the story?
The remote camp relies on nearby natural resources for survival.
7. Ginny headed to baggage claim, knowing she would find her suitcase there. She hoped her uncle would be there, too, though he sometimes opted to call from his cell phone outside the terminal. She hefted her heavy carry-on bag, stepped on the escalator, and began the descent.
She heard him before she saw him. “Well, there you are! I was just fixin’ to call you because they ain’t got your flight information posted.”
“Hi, Charley!” Ginny responded. “We were delayed flying out of Newark, but it was an easy flight.”
The two embraced and headed toward the baggage turnstile, where a hot pink suitcase was emerging.
Which line from the story contains dialect?
“Well, there you are! I was just fixin’ to call you because they ain’t got your flight information posted.”
8. Buck rushed at the splintering wood, sinking his teeth into it, surging and wrestling with it. Wherever the hatchet fell on the outside, he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this excerpt?
What will happen when Buck and the man interact?
9. Before he had recovered from the shock caused by the tragic passing of Curly, he received another shock. Francois fastened upon him an arrangement of straps and buckles. It was a harness, such as he had seen the grooms put on the horses at home.
What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this excerpt?
What sort of work will Francois require of Buck?
10. Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego.
What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this sentence?
How will Buck be affected by the unsettling news?
I hope this helps!
