Read these sentences from The Call of the Wild that describe Buck. It was Buck, a live hurricane of fury, hurling himself upon them in a frenzy to destroy.

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Thenceforward he would be unafraid of them except when they bore in their hands their arrows, spears, and clubs.

Buck’s attitude toward the Yeehats changes because he becomes

more sensible.
more cautious.
more sympathetic.
more angry.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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