Comprehension: "Called Out" Read the following question. Then choose the letter of the best answer.
Read lines 26-42 on page 52 in your Collections eBook Grade 10.
Question
Why does the author insert the dialogue between the narrator and a friend from the East (line
29-42)?
Select one:
a. to show that everyone in the country knows about the wildflowers
b. to define significant scientific terms
c. to emphasize how special and mysterious the annual blooming is
d. to entertain readers with humor
Clear my choice

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.