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VOCABULARY 

salient: important 

callow: inexperienced, immature 

chaffering: discussion; bickering 

apprehensively: with nervousness and fear 

remonstrance: argument; objection 

averred: claimed; avowed 

jaded: dulled, satiated 

voracious: extremely powerful 

cajole: convince 

innocuously: harmlessly 

terse: concise, brief 

inarticulate: tongue-tied

1. Describe Charles, Hal, and Mercedes. What traits did Buck have that allowed him to adapt to the north that they lack?

2. Why do you think London included these three characters in the book? What do they represent?

3. Why did Buck refuse to rise and lead the team? What did he have that his masters lacked?