Home work

1. PART IV: 1 and 2

Q1 What do you think the following phrases and sentences mean? Explain briefly in your own
words.
 Being sled-leader was anything but gratifying to him (pg. 176)
 surcharged with hatred and malice (pg. 177)
 His feet clung to the earth with the same tenacity that he clung to life. (pg 179)
 Bitter and implacable (pg. 179)
 He reveled in the vengeance he wreaked upon his kind. (pg 180)
 floundered around clumsily (pg. 184)
 visiting their wrath heavily on the pack (pg. 185)
 They looked upon him as legitimate prey, and as legitimate prey he looked upon
them. (pg.187)
 weakest of weak-kneed and sniveling cowards (pg. 191)
 This faithfulness was a quality of the clay that composed him (pg. 198)

2. PART IV: 3 and 4

1. How did Beauty Smith torment White Fang that would drive him mad? (pg 201)
2. Why did Beauty Smith inflict pain on White Fang? (pg 202)
3. What reputation had White Fang developed? (pg 204)
4. How did Beauty Smith use White Fang? (pg 206)
5. Which characteristic gave White Fang advantage over his antagonists? ( pg 207)
6. What tactic did Cherokee use to have advantage over White Fang in the fight? (pg 214)
7. What saved White Fang from death? (pg 216)
8. How were the two dogs pulled apart? (pg 219)
9. How did the crowd react when Scott asked for help? (pg 220)

3. PART IV: 3 and 4

Q1 Beauty Smith’s cruel treatment of White Fang accentuated White Fang’s ferocious
characteristics. Discuss.
Q2 Describe in detail Weedon Scott’s reaction on seeing the fight between the two dogs.
Q3 Give the contextual meanings of the following words/ phrases:
a. snarled malignantly (pg 201)
b. plasticity of his clay (pg 206)
c. unscathed (pg 212)
d. laugh derisively and scornfully (pg 216)
e. struggled vainly ( pg 216)
f. extricated (pg 221)