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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Grey Beaver’s son in the novel?
2. What does the narrator say in Chapter 15: “The Enemy of His Kind” “had been more generous to [White Fang] than to the average animal”?
3. What dog in Chapter 14: “The Famine” is described as “a grizzled old fellow that in his younger days had but to uncover his fangs to send White Fang cringing and crouching to the right about”?
4. What word from Chapter 11: “The Outcast” means notched on the edge like a saw?
5. What month is it when Grey Beaver finishes his journey in Chapter 14: “The Famine”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of dog is White Fang arranged to fight in Chapter 18: “The Clinging Death”?What obstacle does White Fang face in the fight?
2. What causes White Fang to seek out Grey Beaver in Chapter 12: “The Trail of the Gods”? Where does he find him?
3. Where does Grey Beaver take White Fang in Chapter 15: “The Enemy of His Kind”? Why?
4. What happens in the climax of the fight in Chapter 18: “The Clinging Death”?
5. Who becomes White Fang’s nemesis in Chapter 10: “The Bondage”? What happens to White Fang’s mother in this chapter?
6. How does Beauty Smith treat White Fang in Chapter 17: “The Reign of Hate”? Why?
7. What ends the dogfight in Chapter 18: “The Clinging Death”?
8. How does White Fang’s mother respond to the American Indians in Chapter 9: “The Makers of Fire”? What do the Indians decide to do with White Fang and his mother?
9. What happens when the remainder of the tribe joins the first American Indians in Chapter 9: “The Makers of Fire”? How many people comprise the tribe?
10. How does White Fang react when his mother leaves in Chapter 10: “The Bondage”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Jim Hall in the novel. What history does Jim Hall have with Judge Scott? Why has Hall sworn revenge on the Scott family? How does White Fang defend Sierra Vista from Jim Hall?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the plot structure of Part 1: “The Wild.” In what ways is this section of the book patterned as a short story? How well developed are the characters and setting in Part 1? Who are the protagonists, and how does this change in the following sections of the book?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the internal, external, and relational conflicts of White Fang in Part 3: “The Gods of the Wild.” What conflicts does White Fang face when his mother is sent away with Three Eagles? How does Grey Beaver respond? What conflicts does White Fang have with Lip-Lip?
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