Reread paragraphs 7 –10 of the story. Then answer the question. This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.


From The Call of the Wild by Jack London

7 “I’ve got a sled standing outside now, with twenty fiftypound sacks of flour on it,” Matthewson went on with brutal directness; “so don’t let that hinder you.”


8 Thornton did not reply. He did not know what to say. He glanced from face to face in the absent way of a man who has lost the power of thought and is seeking somewhere to find the thing that will start it going again. The face of Jim O’Brien, a Mastodon King and old-time comrade, caught his eyes. It was as a cue to him, seeming to rouse him to do what he would never have dreamed of doing.


9 “Can you lend me a thousand?” he asked, almost in a whisper.


10 “Sure,” answered O’Brien, thumping down a plethoric sack by the side of Matthewson’s. “Though it’s little faith I’m having, John, that the beast can do the trick.”


Part A

What is Thornton’s perspective in this scene?


Answer choices for the above question


A. He is flustered because he may have made too risky of a bet.


B. He is irritated at O’Brien because he does not have faith in Buck.


C. He is enraged because he is not financially stable enough to participate.


D. He is courageous because he has faith that Buck will be victorious.

Part B

Which line best supports your answer to Part A?


Answer choices for the above question


A. “‘I’ve got a sled standing outside now, with twenty fiftypound sacks of flour on it…’ Matthewson went on with brutal directness; ‘so don’t let that hinder you.’”


B. “He glanced from face to face in the absent way of a man who has lost the power of thought and is seeking somewhere to find the thing that will start it going again.”


C. “The face of Jim O’Brien, a Mastodon King and old-time comrade, caught his eyes.”


D. “‘Can you lend me a thousand?’ he asked, almost in a whisper.”


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