Chapter 13 Quiz — White Fang

Where does Grey Beaver travel in December?

• Down the Yukon River
• Up the Mackenzie River
• Across the Great Slave Lake
• To Fort Yukon

Why does Mit-sah place Lip-lip at the end of the longest rope?

• Because Lip-lip is the strongest dog
• To honor Lip-lip as pack leader
• To punish Lip-lip for persecuting White Fang
• Because Lip-lip is the fastest runner

What is the primary advantage of the fan-formation harness design?

• It allows the strongest dog to lead
• It prevents rear dogs from attacking front dogs and makes the sled go faster
• It distributes weight unevenly for speed
• It keeps the dogs warm in cold weather

What law does White Fang live by among the pack?

• Protect the weak and challenge the strong
• To oppress the weak and obey the strong
• Share equally with all members
• Follow the leader at all costs

What does White Fang learn after biting the boy in the strange village?

• That biting any human will be punished severely
• That there are gods and gods—his own gods and other gods
• That he should never forage in strange villages
• That Grey Beaver will always punish him

What triggers White Fang to defend Mit-sah from the attacking boys?

• Grey Beaver commands him to attack
• A mad rush of anger when he realizes his own god is being maltreated
• The boys attack White Fang first
• Mit-sah calls for White Fang's help

According to the chapter, what is White Fang's service to Grey Beaver characterized by?

• Love and devotion
• Duty and awe
• Fear and submission
• Affection and loyalty

White Fang becomes the leader of the puppy pack after Lip-lip's overthrow.

Grey Beaver orders much meat to be given to White Fang after he defends Mit-sah from the boys.

In the phrase "by cunning indirection, did man increase his mastery over the beasts," what does "indirection" mean?

• Lack of direction
• An indirect or roundabout method
• A form of punishment
• Physical misdirection

When London writes that guarding property was "fraught with peril," what does "fraught" mean?

• Free from
• Filled with
• Lacking in
• Opposed to

What does "morose" mean when White Fang is described as "too morose and solitary" to lead the pack?

• Energetic and playful
• Sullen and gloomy
• Timid and fearful
• Cunning and devious