Buck's owner(s) after perrault and francois is (are)… a. hal, mercedes, and charles. c. the man in the red sweater. b. john thornton. d. the scotch half-breed who delivers mail.

The answer is actually letter d. the Scotch half-breed who delivers mail.

Explanation:

The characters mentioned in the question belong to Jack London's novel "The Call of the Wild". Buck is a dog that lives comfortably on a California ranch until he is stolen. Buck is then sold to Perrault and François - two mailmen who deliver dispatches to outposts throughout the frozen North - to become a sled-dog. After their final run, they sell Buck to the Scotch half-breed, who also works the mail and constantly overworks the dogs. It is while belonging to him that Buck finally becomes the lead dog of the team.

to give the reader a sense of the chaos, fear, and havoc taking place