Chapter 17 Quiz — White Fang

Where is White Fang kept at the beginning of the chapter?

• In a cage on a steamboat
• Chained in a pen at the rear of the fort
• Loose in the woods near Dawson
• In Beauty Smith's cabin

What does Beauty Smith use to drive White Fang into frenzied rage?

• Fire and loud noises
• Starvation and deprivation of water
• Derisive laughter and pointing his finger
• Other attacking dogs

White Fang was pitted against a mastiff as his first fighting opponent.

Beauty Smith was arrested by the mounted police for running dogfights.

How much does White Fang weigh according to the narrator?

• Over seventy pounds
• Over ninety pounds
• Over one hundred and ten pounds
• Over sixty pounds

What was the most severe fight White Fang faced at the fort?

• A fight against a wild wolf
• A fight against a mastiff
• A fight against two dogs at the same time
• A fight against a lynx

White Fang was exhibited in Dawson for one dollar in gold dust.

What does the word "vouchsafed" mean as used in the chapter?

• Demanded forcefully
• Granted or permitted
• Taken away permanently
• Promised for the future

What quality does London say Nature gave White Fang that allows him to survive?

• Extraordinary size
• Plasticity
• Loyalty to humans
• A pack mentality

White Fang was once defeated by a Mackenzie hound in Dawson.

What does the word "superfluous" mean as used in this chapter?

• Essential and necessary
• Exceeding what is needed; extra
• Extremely powerful
• Dangerously thin

What animal does White Fang fight that nearly matches him in every way?

• A wild wolf from the forest
• A full-grown female lynx
• A pair of Malemutes
• A mastiff

Who arrives at the end of the chapter with a bulldog?

• Weedon Scott
• Grey Beaver
• Tim Keenan
• Matt

What was White Fang's greatest fighting advantage according to the narrator?

• His large size
• His sharp fangs
• His experience
• His hatred

Beauty Smith successfully breaks White Fang's spirit by the end of the chapter.