Chapter 22 Quiz — White Fang

Where does White Fang first arrive in the Southland?

• Seattle
• San Francisco
• Los Angeles
• Sacramento

What does White Fang associate with human power in the city?

• Wealth
• Godhead
• Cruelty
• Wisdom

Why does White Fang attack Scott's mother?

• She threatens him with a stick
• She tries to take him away from Scott
• He mistakes her embrace as an attack on Scott
• She accidentally steps on his tail

Why does White Fang refuse to attack Collie the sheepdog?

• She is too fast for him
• She is a female and his instinct forbids it
• Scott commands him not to
• He is afraid of her

How does White Fang get past Collie when she blocks his path?

• He jumps over her
• He strikes her shoulder-to-shoulder and outruns her
• Scott calls her away
• He waits until she leaves

Who saves Dick the deerhound from being killed by White Fang?

• Weedon Scott
• Scott's father
• Collie
• Scott's mother

What does Weedon Scott predict would happen if White Fang and Dick were left to fight?

• They would become friends
• Dick would win easily
• White Fang would kill Dick within two minutes
• They would ignore each other

What earlier experience does London compare to White Fang's arrival in San Francisco?

• His first hunt in the wild
• His time with Beauty Smith
• His arrival at Grey Beaver's village as a cub
• His fight with the bulldog

White Fang kills Dick the deerhound during their confrontation at the Scott estate.

White Fang guards Weedon Scott's luggage in the baggage car during the train journey.

In the passage, London describes White Fang as "appalled" upon arriving in San Francisco. What does "appalled" mean?

• Excited and eager
• Greatly dismayed or horrified
• Confused and disoriented
• Amused and entertained

When London describes White Fang as "a spectacle of malignancy," what does "malignancy" mean in this context?

• Intense hostility and deadliness
• Physical illness
• Great sadness
• Quiet resignation

London writes that the strange gods "perpetrated the hostile act of clutching the master around the neck." What does "perpetrated" suggest about White Fang's perspective?

• The act was done skillfully
• The act was committed as a wrongdoing
• The act was performed accidentally
• The act was done repeatedly