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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSWhite Fang is a wolf-dog born in the frozen wilderness of Canada's Yukon Territory in the late 1800s. His mother, a she-wolf named Kiche, is part dog, and his father, One Eye, is a grey wolf. From his first days in a cave on a remote stream, the cub must navigate a world governed by hunger, cold, and the law that life feeds on life. When Kiche leads him to an Indian camp and her former owner, Grey Beaver, claims both of them, the cub receives a name and enters a new world where powerful, fire-making gods rule over animals and dogs alike, and where his wild nature will be shaped and tested in ways he cannot yet imagine.
Free Battle of the Books questions for White Fang
SPOILERSEvery one of these has the same answer, and that is the point. In a real battle the question is read aloud with a dozen other books in play, and students have a few seconds to place it. Here is what a battle might ask about White Fang. Use them as a quiz, a trivia round, or BOTB practice.
Where in the book they come from
- Early in the book
In what book does a man crouch inside a ring of fire while hungry beasts howl beyond the flames?
✓ Answer
White Fang by Jack London
With his last two dogs gone and the wolves pressing in, Henry expands his fire into a large circle and huddles inside it. The pack settles down at the rim like dogs, pointing their noses skyward and howling their hunger cry. By the time rescuers arrive on four sleds, the wolves have slipped away.
- First half
In what book does an Indian name a young creature on the spot after noting his pale teeth?
✓ Answer
White Fang by Jack London
Grey Beaver studies the cub's mother and decides she belongs to his dead brother. Noting the cub's bright teeth, he announces the name by which the rest of the book will know him.
- First half
In what book does a lost pup track his master through ice-rimmed rivers and crawl into camp expecting a beating?
✓ Answer
White Fang by Jack London
The pup runs continuously for thirty hours along the Mackenzie, crashing through rim-ice and limping with bruised pads. He stumbles into Grey Beaver's new camp, expecting punishment, only to receive half a chunk of tallow and protection from the other dogs.
- Second half
In what book is a captive caged and exhibited as "the Fighting Wolf" for fifty cents in gold dust?
✓ Answer
White Fang by Jack London
After being taken to Dawson by Beauty Smith, the captive is displayed for paying audiences and poked with sharp sticks to keep him in a rage. London shows how environment molds the clay of him into an ever more ferocious creature.
- Second half
In what book do a smooth-shaven stranger and his dog-musher Matt break up a pit fight in the snow?
✓ Answer
White Fang by Jack London
Weedon Scott and Matt arrive at the illegal fight while jingling down the trail with their sled. Scott knocks Beauty Smith into the snow with two blows to the face and then pries the bulldog's jaws apart with the muzzle of his revolver.
- Near the end
In what book must a stern judge solemnly declare sixteen times that a tamed predator is smarter than he thought?
✓ Answer
White Fang by Jack London
After winning the chicken-yard bet, Weedon Scott requires Judge Scott to declare the dog smarter than he thought, once for every ten minutes the dog spent peacefully among the hens. The Judge does it gravely, as if passing sentence from the bench.
