Read these lines: "After some time of this, the driver threw down the club, thinking that Buck feared a thrashing. But Buck was in open revolt. He wanted, not to escape a clubbing, but to have the leadership. It was his by right. He had earned it, and he would not be content with less." What has the driver misunderstood?

1. 1. The driver drops the club because he believes Buck is afraid of a thrashing. 2. 2. The quoted lines correct him: Buck wanted the leadership, not escape from a beating. 3. 3. So the driver has read fear where the real motive was a claim to the lead place. 4. 4. Injury, forgotten commands and theft are never suggested by the lines. _Source: The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903)_