(These questions are about the novel "The Call of the Wild") The correct answers are: 1)C To improve solidarity means to make the bond stronger, to make the team mentally, emotionally more in unison (leading to better physical teamwork), that is "more unified". 2)B Buck often had mystical visions of his primitive master ancestors, symbolised by the prehistoric man in his dreams. 3)C Dave was the oldest dog who became ill throughout the story; he was finally put out of his misery as he was in no condition to continue leading the sled. 4)B The main theme is not the plot nor the settings themselves (time, place), but the central idea. 5)B There is never an explicit ethical or moral remark, although Buck does realize the cruelty surrounding him. 6)A A pullman is more similar to a train, its supplies are far more and better than those found along a trail or in a traveler's bag. 7)B The exclamation is in ironic contrast with the used tone and the situation itself. 8)C Settings are defined as the time and place in which the story is "set in". 9)B They weren't prudent enough to believe it would be dangerous to thread, with the heavy carriage as and the dogs, on the frozen river which was already melting. 10)C John Thornton is Buck's new master who saves him from dying in the frozen river.