Chapter 20 Quiz — White Fang

Why does White Fang expect punishment at the beginning of the chapter?

• He ran away from the cabin the previous night
• He slashed open Weedon Scott's hand twenty-four hours earlier
• He attacked one of the sled-dogs
• He stole food from Matt's supplies

How does Weedon Scott initially offer meat to White Fang?

• He places it in a bowl near the cabin door
• He tosses it on the snow at White Fang's feet
• He holds it directly in front of White Fang's mouth
• He asks Matt to feed White Fang by hand

What does Matt call Weedon Scott when he first sees him petting White Fang?

• A brave man with a death wish
• The best dog trainer in the Klondike
• Seventeen kinds of a damn fool
• A natural-born animal whisperer

What position does White Fang take on the sled team?

• The wheel dog closest to the sled
• A middle position in the team
• The leader at the front of the line
• He refuses to work in the sled at all

London compares White Fang's hardened character to which type of material?

• Tempered steel that can be reforged
• An adamantine texture with warp and woof
• A frozen river waiting for the spring thaw
• Petrified wood that cannot bend

What does White Fang's snuggling behavior symbolize according to the narrator?

• A desire for physical warmth and comfort
• An instinctive submission to a dominant pack leader
• Perfect confidence and absolute self-surrender
• A trained behavior rewarded with food

What objects does Matt discover in the snow near Beauty Smith?

• A gun and a bag of poisoned meat
• A steel dog-chain and a stout club
• A rope lasso and a muzzle
• A knife and a leather collar

What metaphor does London use to describe the force that shaped White Fang's character?

• The hammer of fate
• The winds of change
• The thumb of circumstance
• The hand of destiny

White Fang barks with excitement when Weedon Scott returns to the cabin after his absence.

White Fang becomes physically ill and stops eating after Weedon Scott leaves in late spring.

In the passage "He had committed what was to him sacrilege, sunk his fangs into the holy flesh of a god," what does "sacrilege" mean?

• A minor offense or mistake
• A violent act of self-defense
• A violation of something regarded as sacred
• An act of deliberate rebellion

What does "recrudescence" mean in the sentence "A recrudescence of anger glinted in Weedon Scott's grey eyes"?

• A complete disappearance
• A gradual softening
• A renewed outbreak or revival
• A deep concealment

In the passage "the warp and the woof of him had made of him an adamantine texture," what does "adamantine" mean?

• Soft and pliable
• Extremely hard and unyielding
• Transparent and fragile
• Rough and unfinished