Chapter 24 Quiz — White Fang

by Jack London

Comprehension Quiz: Chapter 24

What simile does London use to describe the effect of human kindness on White Fang?

• Like a river carving stone over time
• Like a sun shining upon a flower planted in good soil
• Like rain falling on parched earth
• Like a fire warming frozen bones

Why has White Fang developed a fixed aversion for dogs?

• He was raised exclusively by humans from birth
• He was persecuted by Lip-lip and the puppy-pack and later forced to fight by Beauty Smith
• Weedon Scott trained him to avoid other dogs
• He was bitten by a rabid dog as a puppy

What is White Fang's favourite way of dealing with Collie's pestering?

• He growls and snaps at her until she retreats
• He runs away to the master for protection
• He lies down with his head on his fore-paws and pretends to sleep
• He hides behind the stable until she loses interest

What causes the master's horse to throw him and break his leg?

• White Fang barks and startles the horse
• A jackrabbit rises suddenly under the horse's feet
• The horse trips on a rock in the pasture
• A rattlesnake frightens the horse on the trail

How does White Fang attempt to communicate the emergency to the family at Sierra Vista?

• He whines softly and leads them to the door
• He growls, seizes the wife's dress and tears it, then struggles to bark
• He bites Judge Scott on the hand and runs toward the pasture
• He brings back the master's hat in his mouth

What opinion does Judge Scott hold about White Fang throughout the chapter?

• He believes White Fang is a perfectly domesticated dog
• He insists a wolf is a wolf and there is no trusting one
• He thinks White Fang should be returned to the Northland
• He considers White Fang the smartest animal he has ever seen

What is described as being 'deeper than all the law he had learned, than the customs that had moulded him, than his love for the master'?

• His hunger for the wild hunt
• His instinct to follow Collie into the woods
• His desire to return to the Northland
• His urge to attack the horse that injured his master

How does White Fang render fealty to his master in the Southland?

• By guarding the house at night
• By herding livestock with Collie
• By running alongside the master's horse on rides
• By carrying small packs on his back

White Fang successfully learns to bark regularly after the gate incident with the spirited thoroughbred.

• True
• False

Collie's attitude toward White Fang softens from hostility to playfulness by the end of the chapter.

• True
• False

What does 'punctiliously' mean as used in: 'he observed the law more punctiliously'?

• Carelessly and without thought
• With great attention to detail and correct behavior
• Aggressively and with force
• Reluctantly and with hesitation

What does 'efficacious' mean as used in: 'His naked fangs and writhing lips were uniformly efficacious'?

• Terrifyingly violent
• Completely harmless
• Successful in producing the desired result
• Surprisingly gentle

What does 'fealty' mean as used in: 'he had evidenced his fealty by toiling in the harness'?

• Physical strength or endurance
• Sworn loyalty and faithful allegiance
• Fear and obedience to authority
• Desire for food and reward

What does 'nonplussed' mean as used in: 'he was nonplussed'?

• Extremely angry and aggressive
• Surprised and confused about how to react
• Deeply sad and withdrawn
• Bored and uninterested

What does 'incommunicable' mean as used in: 'the incommunicable something that strained for utterance'?

• Extremely painful or unbearable
• Unable to be communicated or expressed to others
• Contagious or easily spread
• Foreign or unfamiliar

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