White Fang Study Guide Part One

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1.Describe the setting of the Northland Wild in the opening paragraph. ______2. What forms of life are on the land? ______3.What occupies most of the space on the sled accompanied by the two men? ______4.Name at least 2 ways the Wild destroys movement. ______5.According to London, who or what is the most restless of life? ______6.Describe the two men who travel with the sled. ______7.What follows the men and why? ______8. Why do the men not speak while traveling alongside the sled. ______9. Where do the men make their camp for the night? ______10. How many dogs do the men have as their sled team? ______11. What does Bill discover when he feeds the dogs? ______12. Where is the 7th dog? ______13. How does Henry respond to Bill’s declaration about a seventh dog? ______14. How does Bill prove the dog is real? ______15. What threat presents itself to the men and their sled dogs? ______16. What misfortune does Bill verbalize? ______17. According to Henry, how cold is it? ______18. What puzzles Bill about the extra dog that he fed? ______19. What keeps the “circles of eyes” at bay? ______20. What discovery does Bill make in the morning? ______21. What conclusion does Henry reach about Fatty? ______22. Is there remorse shown for Fatty’s demise? Why or why not? ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter 2 Name: ______

1.What time is daylight? ______2. How long does the gray light of day remain? ______3. What causes panic among the sled dogs? ______4. What does Bill hit with a club and why? ______5. What conclusion does Henry reach about the stray wolf dog? ______6. What discovery does Bill make in the morning? ______7. How does Bill describe the frog? ______8. How does Bill take precautions against the loss of another dog when they camp for the night? ______9. Why does Henry not give coffee to Bill in the morning? ______10. Who do they suspect of gnawing the leather thong that freed Spanker? ______11. What do Bill and Henry conclude the fate of the three dogs? ______12. What is the destination of Bill and Henry? ______13. What follows the trail of the sled? ______14. What does Bill find strange about the she-wolf? ______15. Describe the “she-wolf.” ______16. Does the she-wolf show fear of Bill? ______17. Why does Bill reject the plan to wait for the she-wolf and shoot it? ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter Three-The Hunger Cry Name: ______1.What happens to the sled? ______2. As they un-harness the dogs from the overturned sled, what happens? ______3. What happens to One Ear? ______4. Does Bill attempt to save One Ear? ______5. What happens to Bill? ______6. Does Henry go out to see what happened to Bill? ______Why or why not? ______7. Does Henry sleep? ______Why or why not? ______8. Why does Henry build a scaffold? ______9. What “sign” does Henry receive? ______10. When night comes, what do the wolves remind Henry of? ______11. What food are the “children” awaiting? ______12. Of what does Henry become more acutely aware as he piles wood on the fire? ______13. As Henry dozes, what appears before him? ______14. How does the she-wolf regard Henry? ______15. Does Henry resume his journey? ______Why or why not? ______16. How does Henry manage to stay awake? ______17. What happens to the pineknot? ______18. Describe Henry’s dream. ______19. What does Henry use to fight off the wolves’ attack? ______20. How does Henry rearrange his campsite? ______21. As the fire burns low, what decision does Henry make? ______22. What mysterious change occurs while Henry sleeps? ______23. What confronts Henry as he awakens? ______24. How does Henry react to the arrival of the men? ______White Fang Study Guide Part Two: Chapter 1-Battle of the Fangs Name: ______1.How does the large gray wolf, one of the leaders of the pack, react to the she-wolf? ______2. Where does the she-wolf run in the pack? ______3. What does the pack find for nourishment? ______4. How many wolves are in the pack? ______5. What happens to the pack after the famine? ______6. Where does the she-wolf’s pack go? ______7. How many remain in the she-wolf’s pack? ______8. What causes the death of the three-year old wolf? ______9. Who is the survivor of the male wolves in the pack? ______10. Does the she-wolf rebuff the old wolf? ______11. What is meant by “the love-tale red-written on the snow”? ______12. Why does the she-wolf become restless as days pass by? ______

13. What scent causes the old dog to become dubious? ______14. Who is camped nearby? ______15. How does the she-wolf react to the sounds and smells of the Indian camp? ______

16. What is the fleeing shape of white that One-Eye pursues? Why? ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter Two: The Lair Name: ______1.How ling do the she-wolf and One-Eye hang about the Indian camp? ______2. What causes the wolves to leave? ______3. What does the she-wolf find? ______4. What time of the year is it? ______5. Does Old One-Eye find food? ______6. When Old One-Eye returns to the cave, what does he hear from within? ______7. Does the she-wolf allow the old dog inside the cave? ______Why or why not? ______8. When does the Old One-Eye discover the reason for the She-Wolf’s rejection of him? ______9. What quarry does Old One-Eye pursue? ______10. Is his wait for the porcupine rewarded at first? ______11. What does Old One-Eye find for food? ______12. What danger confronts the old dog as he takes the bird to the lair? ______13. What does the lynx stalk? ______14. Does the lynx get the porcupine? ______Why or why not? ______15. What happens to the porcupine? ______16. What happens to the ptarmigan? ______17. How does the she-wolf now react to the old wolf? ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter Three: The Gray Cub Name: ______1.Describe the she-wolf’s litter. ______2. What is the irresistible attraction for the gray cub? ______3. What is strange to the gray cub about the wall of light? ______4. How does the cub learn “hurt”? ______5. What problem is experienced in the lair? ______6. What happens to Old One-Eye? ______7. How many cubs remain after the two famines? ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter Four: The Wall of the World Name: ______1.What instinct has developed within the cub? ______2. How does the gray cub classify thing? ______3. Does the gray cub approach the wall of light? ______Why or why not? ______4. What danger approaches the cave entrance? ______5. How does the gray cub react to the strange unclassified smell and sound standing outside the cave? ______6. What does the she-wolf do when she returns to the cave? ______7. What other force is at work in the cub? ______8. As growth drives the cub to pursue the wall of light, what is his reaction to the world outside the cave? ______9. What happens to the gray cub? ______10. How does the cub differentiate between the expected and unexpected? ______11. Does the cub trust all things not alive? ______Why or why not? ______12. What meat does the cub blunder upon on his first foray into the world? ______13. With what does the gray cub encounter in his first battle? ______14. What does the battle with the mother-ptarmigan signify in the cub’s life?______15. Does the gray pup kill the mother-ptarmigan? ______Why or why not? ______16. What ominous threat causes the cub to retreat under a bush? ______17. What does the hawk catch? ______18. How does the pup’s curiosity endanger his life? ______19. With what does the pup compare his plight in the water? ______20. How does the pup stay afloat? ______21. What happens to the cub in the water? ______22. What conclusion has the cub reached with this experience? ______23. What attacks the gray cub? ______Why? ______24. How does the weasel try to kill the cub? ______25. What saves the cub from the mother-weasel? ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter Five: The Law of Meat Name: ______1.Where does the young cub venture on his next foray? ______2. What does the she-wolf now represent to the growing cub? ______3. When the next famine comes, what change occurs in the cub’s hunting? ______4. What meat does the she-wolf get to break the famine? ______5. What threat approaches the cave? ______6. How does the battle end? ______7. How long does the she-wolf remain incapacitated? ______8. What served as nourishment for the she-wolf and the cub during this time? ______9. What change takes place after the battle with the lynx? ______10. According to the cub’s world, what are the two kinds of life? ______11. What is the unwritten law in gray cub’s life? ______12. How is the life compared? ______White Fang Study Guide Part Three: Chapter One-The Makers of Fire Name: ______1.What does the cub confront on the meat-trail? ______2. Does the little cub run from the camp? ______Why or why not? ______3. As an Indian reaches down to pick up the cub, what is the cub’s reaction? ______4. Explain the words of the Indian: “Wabam wabisca ip pit tah.” ______5. What comes to the rescue the cub from the Indians? ______6. What ironic event occurs when the she-wolf faces the challenge of the Indians? ______7. Does the she-wolf respond to the Indian? ______How? ______8. How does Kiche’s reaction to the Indian affect the little cub? ______9. How long has Kiche been with the wolves? ______10. Who is the owner of Kiche? ______Why? ______11. Who names the cub? ______12. What type of animal carries the camp outfit for the remainder of the tribe? ______13. How do the dogs react to Kiche and the cub? ______14. What judgment does White Fang of the Indians when they save him from the dogs? ______15. According to White Fang, what does man use to administer the law which he appreciates? ______16. Where do the Indians go with the dogs, Kiche, and White Fang? ______17. What is White Fang’s reaction to the establishment of the tepees in the Indian camp? ______18. What does White Fang encounter that has a lasting effect? ______19. Which dog wins the first bout? ______20. As White Fang approaches Gray Beaver, what discovery does he make? ______21. What happens to White Fang? ______22. What makes White Fang feel shame? ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter Two: The Bondage Name: ______1.Contrast the gods of man and the gods of wolf or wild dog. ______2. According to White Fang, which of man-animals is most cruel? ______3. What became the bane of White Fang’s life? ______Why? ______4. How does Lip-Lip’s persecution affect White Fang? ______5. How does White Fang wreak revenge on Lip-Lip? ______6. Who came to Lip-Lip’s rescue? ______7. When Kiche is released, where does White Fang try to get her to go? ______8. Does Kiche go? ______9. What happens to Kiche? ______10. Does White Fang go with his mother? ______Why or why not? ______11. What is the “crime of crimes” of the dog in bondage? ______12. How does White Fang learn to get along with Gray Beaver? ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter Three: The Outcast Name: ______1.What causes White Fang to develop a reputation for wickedness amongst the Indians? ______2. What two things does White Fang learn as an outcast in the pack? ______3. Why do the tribes people want vengeance on White Fang? ______4. What is one of White Fang’s greatest advantages? ______5. How is the pack of dogs affected by White Fang’s role as an outcast? ______6. What is the chief game of the young dogs in the camp? ______7. What is White Fang’s code of life at the time? ______8. Describe White Fang at this point in his life: ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter Four: The Trail of the Gods Name: ______1.What time of the year is it? ______2. As the Indians moved their camp for fall hunting, what decision does White Fang make? ______3. What problems face White Fang when he is alone at last? ______4. Does White Fang welcome his independence? ______- Why or why not? ______5. How does the solitude and fear affect White Fang? ______6. What action does White Fang take in the morning? ______7. How long does White Fang run? ______8. What mistake does White Fang make? ______9. What is the name of Gray Beaver’s son? ______Squaw? ______10. What event causes White Fang to find Gray Beaver’s camp? ______11. How does Gray Beaver treat White Fang’s return? ______White Fang Study Guide Chapter Five: The Covenant

DIRECTIONS: Please write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Name: ______1.How does White Fang begin his role as a sled dog?

2. Who does Mit-sah use as the lead dog? Why?

3. What other ploy does Mit-sah use to get the dogs to wreak revenge by chasing Lip-Lip and at the same time cause him to run faster to avoid their persecution?

4. What wolf and wild dog traits does White Fang possess?

5. Does White Fang become a leader of the pack? Why?

6. Does White Fang possess affection for Gray Beaver? Why or why not?

7. What is White Fang’s evalution of man’s hands?

8. How does White Fang modify his law of the unpardonable crime to bite one of the god’s?

9. Was White Fang’s act justified? Why or why not?

10. What happens to White Fang when he breaks the law?

11. What lesson does White Fang learn?

12. How does White Fang earn the respect of Gray Beaver?

13. Explain the law of property.

14. What results from the protection of Mit-sah?

15. Does White Fang give an alarm by barking? Why or why not?

16. How does White Fang change with the added role of guard?

17. What are the terms of White Fang’s covenant?

18. Is there love between White Fang and his god? Explain. White Fang Study Guide Chapter Six: The Famine

Name: ______1.What is the time of year for the journey’s end? 2. How old is White Fang? 3. Describe White Fang at this time. 4. What happens to change White Fang’s attitude toward the grown dogs? 5. When White Fang bounds toward a reunion with Kiche, how does she respond? 6. Does White Fang defend himself against Kiche? Why or why not? 7. During the famine, what happened to the dogs? 8. What does White Fang do during the famine? 9. What does White Fang do when he encounters a young wolf? 10. Where does White Fang go? 11. Who does White Fang encounter there? 12. Where does White Fang stay while in the valley? 13. What does White Fang kill? 14. What does White Fang discover at the edge of the forest? 15. Does White Fang return to Gray Beaver’s tepee? 16. How is he received? White Fang Study Guide Part Four Chapter One: The Enemy of His Kind

Name: ______1. How is White Fang’s life among the dogs again changed? 2. Why does White Fang hate his new role? 3. How old is White Fang now? 4. Why does White Fang not turn on the savage pack? 5. How does White Fang retaliate for the abuse of each day? 6. Discuss White Fang’s attitude since becoming the leader of the sled team. 7. What kind of dogs are the members of the sled team? 8. What lessons did the dogs learn about White Fang? 9. What is Gray Beaver’s evaluation of White Fang? 10. How old is White Fang when Gray Beaver takes him on the great journey to Fort Yukon? 11. What change in White Fang occurs on this journey? 12. What advantages does White Fang possess in fighting? 13. What year it is? 14. What is the purpose of Gray Beaver’s trip to Ft. Yukon? 15. How much profit does Gray Beaver realize? Why? 16. What does White Fang see for the first time in his life? 17. What generalization does White Fang make about the white man? 18. Why was White Fang so guarded when approaching the white man? 19. How did the white man arrive at Fort Yukon? 20. What does White Fang discover about the dogs arriving with the men? 21. What devious method does White Fang use to wreak havoc among the white man’s dogs and the Indian dogs? 22. What becomes White Fang’s diversion while Gray Beaver trades? 23. Why does the white man’s dog attack White Fang as it leaves the steamer? White Fang Study Guide Chapter Two: The Mad God

Name: ______1. What is the name given to the men who live at Fort Yukon? Why? 2. What is the name given to newcomers arriving on the steamer? Why? 3. What is the relationship between the men in the fort and the newcomers? 4. Describe Beauty Smith. 5. What is Beauty Smith’s reputation? 6. What is Beauty’s occupation at Fort Yukon? 7. How does Beauty feel toward White Fang? 8. Why does Beauty visit Gray Beaver? 9. Is Beauty successful on his first attempt? Why or why not? 10. How does Beauty win Gray Beaver’s confidence? 11. What happens to Gray Beaver? 12. What does Beauty offer for White Fang? 13. Is Beauty successful with this second offer? 14. During the time of Beauty’s visits to Gray Beaver’s camp, where is White Fang? 15. How is White Fang caught for Beauty? 16. How does White Fang react to eh approach of Beauty? 17. What does Beauty do to subdue White Fang? 18. Does White Fang go willingly with Beauty? 19. How does White Fang free himself? 20. Where does White Fang go? 21. What is Gray Beaver’s reaction to White Fang’s return? 22. What does Beauty Smith do when White Fang is returned? 23. Describe Beauty as he issued White Fang’s punishment. 24. Does White Fang escape a second time? 25. Where does he go? 26. What does Gray Beaver do that shows betrayal to White Fang? 27. What happens to White Fang after the beating? 28. How does Beauty Smith secure White Fang after the beating? White Fang Study Guide Chapter Three: The Reign of Hate

Name: ______1. How does White Fang change under the tutelage of Beauty Smith? 2. How does Beauty now treat White Fang? 3. What is White Fang’s greatest hate? 4. How much does White Fang weigh? 5. For what purpose has Beauty obtained White Fang? 6. What kind of dog is first unleashed in White Fang’s pen? 7. What does White Fang do when the dog enters his pen? 8. Does White Fang look forward to the fights? Why? 9. How does Beauty endanger White Fang’s life with the fights? 10. Where does Beauty take White Fang in the fall? 11. Describe White Fang at this point in this life. 12. What was White Fang’s greatest advantage over the dogs that he fought? 13. What other advantages did White Fang develop? 14. As men stopped putting their dogs against White Fang, What does Beauty Smith use as his opponents? 15. What animal was White Fang’s worst opponent during this time? 16. Who arrives in the Klondike that is an ominous sign for White Fang? 17. What is Keenan’s profession? 18. What does Keenan bring with him? White Fang Study Guide Chapter Four: The Clinging Death

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1. What animal does Beauty Smith pit against White Fang?

2. Does Cherokee indicate a fighting nature?

3. Which dog begins the attack?

4. What puzzles White Fang about Cherokee?

5. Does Cherokee show the pain being inflicted upon him by White Fang?

6. Why can White Fang not accomplish the throat attack?

7. What happens to White Fang for the first time in his fighting?

8. How does Cherokee take advantage of White Fang’s mistake?

9. Could White Fang shake the bull-dog from his hold?

10. How does Beauty revitalize White Fang? 11. How does Cherokee manage to best White Fang?

12. What diversion occurs to the spectators?

13. Who arrives at the scene of the dog fight?

14. What does Beauty do when White Fang seems beyond his help?

15. What does the newcomer do?

16. How do the two newcomers separate the dogs?

17. How does the crowd react to their attempt to separate the dogs and save White Fang?

18. What does Scott call Beauty?

19. What transaction does Scott force upon Beauty?

20. Why does Beauty take the money?

21. What is Weedon Scott’s profession?

22. Why do the men leave Weedon alone? White Fang Study Guide Chapter Five: The Indomitable

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1. What discovery does Matt reveal about White Fang?

2. What does Matt do that puzzles White Fang?

3. How does Scott try to show human kindness to White Fang?

4. What happens when the meat is tossed?

5. As Matt tries to kick White Fang, What happens?

6. What does Scott decide to do with White Fang?

7. What stops Scott? Why?

8. When Scott tries to show kindness by touching White Fang, what happens?

9. What does Matt do?

10. Why does Matt stop his attempt to shoot White Fang?

11. What response to the rifle does White Fang make that alerts Matt and Scott to his intelligence? White Fang Study Guide Chapter Six: The Love Master

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1. How does Scott try to win White Fang’s trust?

2. Does White Fang take the meat from Scott’s hand at first? Why?

3. After White Fang eats meat from Scott’s hand, what does he allow Scott to do although in a

distrustful manner?

4. Why does White Fang not run away?

5. As White Fang accepts Scott as his god to be protected, does his temperament change? How?

6. How does White Fang express his love for Scott?

7. Is Matt successful in making White Fang a sled dog? Why?

8. How does the method of driving the dogs differ in the Klondike from what White Fang was used

to in the Yukon?

9. What happens to disrupt White Fang’s state of contentment with love-gods?

10. Where has Scott gone? 11. What is the result of Scott’s departure from White Fang?

12. Why does Scott return?

13. What new “mode of expression” does White Fang display to Scott?

14. Who does White Fang attack?

15. What is Beauty’s purpose at Scott’s cabin? White Fang Study Guide Part Five: Chapter One-The Indomitable

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1. What calamity does White Fang sense?

2. Where does Scott plan to go?

3. What argument does Scott give that White Fang could not go with him?

4. What does White Fang do as Scott leaves the cabin?

5. How is Scott traveling from the Klondike?

6. As the Aurora begins to depart, what discovery do Matt and Scott make?

7. How did White Fang escape from the locked cabin?

8. What does Scott do with White Fang? White Fang Study Guide Chapter Two: The Southland

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1. Where do White Fang and Scott depart from the steamer?

2. Where was White Fang placed on the train?

3. Who meets Scott at the train?

4. What is White Fang’s reaction to the woman when she puts her arms around Scott’s neck?

5. How does Scott get White Fang to acknowledge the embraces with his mother and father?

6. What kind of dog sets upon White Fang as they enter the grounds of Scott’s home?

7. Why does White Fang not attack the dog?

8. How does White Fang escape the dog?

9. What other dog attacks White Fang?

10. What rescues the hound before White Fang can deliver the fatal stroke?

11. What does the sheep dog do a second time? 12. Who comes to the rescue of the dogs?

13. What suggestion does Scott’s father make about the hound and White Fang?

14. What is Scott’s response? White Fang Study Guide Chapter Three: The God’s Domain

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1. What is the name of Scott’s parents’ home?

2. What is Scott’s father’s occupation?

3. Which dog continues to make White Fang’s life miserable?

4. Describe the Scott household.

5. How does White Fang differentiate among the members of the household?

6. Since White Fang always hated children, how does he respond to Weedon Scott’s two children?

7. Why does White Fang become attached to Judge Scott?

8. How do the servants regard White Fang?

9. How does White Fang learn the “laws” of his new environment?

10. What happens to White Fang when he attacks a chicken?

11. Who saves the groom? 12. How does White Fang earn the master’s wrath?

13. How does Weedon Scott prove to his father that White Fang has learned the law of the chicks?

14. What is Judge Scott’s punishment for losing his bet?

15. What town do the Scotts visit?

16. How does White Fang judge life in the Southland?

17. What happens to the three dogs that attacked White Fang at the cross-roads saloon/ White Fang Study Guide Chapter Four: The Call of Kind

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1. What is the one trial in White Fang’s life?

2. What third way does White Fang learn to express love?

3. Does White Fang permit anyone else to romp with him?

4. How does White Fang render fealty in the Southland with no sled to pull?

5. What other expression does White Fang learn in trying to help Scott train the horse to open the

6. How does White Fang aid his master when he falls from the horse?

7. How do the people of Sierra Vista regard White Fang after this incident?

8. What strange discovery does White Fang make?

9. What change is enacted by Collie’s change of disposition toward White Fang? White Fang Study Guide Chapter Five: The Sleeping Wolf

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1. Describe Jim Hall.

2. Where did Hall live in the prison?

3. How does this environment affect Jim?

4. How does Jim escape?

5. Why does the escape of Jim Hall cause anxiety at Sierra Vista?

6. Was Jim Ja;; guilty of the crime for which he was sentenced?

7. Why was Judge Scott’s sentence harsh?

8. Who is to blame for the error in sentencing Hall?

9. What precaution does Alice Scott take to protect Judge Scott?

10. Is Mrs. Scott’s act justified? Why or why not?

11. What happens to White Fang in the battle with Hall? 12. How does Judge Scott come to the aid of White Fang?

13. What helps White Fang to survive?

14. During White Fang’s weeks of lingering, what nightmare is the worst?

15. What name does Weedon’s wife bestow upon White Fang?

16. Where does White Fang go for his first visit outside after the casts and bandages are removed?

17. How does Collie respond to White Fang’s visit? Why?

18. What does White Fang do when Weedon puts a puppy down in front of him?

19. As weakness asserts itself over White Fang, he lay down. What did he allows the puppies to do?