II. Short Answer
1. Why was the gray pup confused
about the white wall?
He saw that his father could
disappear into the white wall. Since he was not allowed to go near
the white wall, he tried his
father's trick on the other walls but only managed to get a sore nose.
The white wall remained a mystery to
him.
2. How did White Fang differentiate
man from beast?
Man didn't fight with fangs and
claws; rather, he used "dead" things like clubs and guns.
3. What was the "crime of crimes"?
Biting a man was absolutely
forbidden.
4. What fighting technique did White
Fang successfully use?
He learned to use the element of
surprise.
5. Why did White Fang become afraid
in the wild?
He had spent so much time in the
care of men that he had forgotten what to do in the wild; life
with men was much easier.
6. Why was White Fang afraid of
hands?
Hands controlled whips and clubs to
hurt dogs.
7. How did White Fang escape
punishment for killing the white men's dogs?
He would pick a fight with a dog,
overthrow it, and let the rest of the pack come in to finish it
off. White Fang would then run away,
leaving the pack to take the punishment for killing the
dog.
8. For what did Beauty Smith use
White Fang?
He used him as a fighting dog. He
tormented White Fang to keep him in a constant rage so
people who would come to see him
fight would get their money's worth.
9. Why didn't Matt kill White Fang?
Every time he put the rifle to his
shoulder, White Fang would growl and bristle. When he put
the rifle down, White Fang would
respond by becoming calmer. Matt and Weedon Scott
realized that White Fang was too
smart to kill.
10. What was so important about
White Fang's snuggling?
He was saying, "You have my
total confidence." This, from a dog who had formerly been
vicious.
11. Where was Weedon Scott going,
and why did he decide to take White Fang?
He was going to California. He
decided to take White Fang with him because he knew that
White Fang would starve himself to
death if he could not go with his master. The final decision
came when White Fang jumped through
glass to be with his master.
12. Why did White Fang kill the dogs
at the crossroads?
The dogs at the crossroads always taunted
White Fang who would never fight back because his
master had told him not to fight.
One day the owners of the dogs sicced them onto White Fang,
whose owner gave him permission to
fight. So, White Fang fought them and killed them.
