Excerpt from 'White Fang'

- Based on the context, what does "flung" most likely mean in the following sentence from paragraph 6? "It was a tree-shadow flung by the moon..."

• thrown

• cast

• displayed

• covered

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following best characterizes White Fang based on the passage?

• paranoid

• determined

• vicious

• conflicted

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does London's use of personification impact the passage?

• It emphasizes the danger presented by the forest at night.

• It intensifies the foreshadowing of what is to come.

• It exacerbates the concern White Fang's owners have for him.

• It evokes deeper sympathy in the reader for White Fang.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who or what is the "they" in the following quote from paragraph 5?

"His senses, accustomed to the hum and bustle of the camp, used to the continuous impact of sights and sounds, were now left idle. There was nothing to do, nothing to see nor hear. They strained to catch some interruption of the silence and immobility of nature. They were appalled by inaction..."

• White Fang's owners

• Sights and sounds

• Creatures in the forest

• White Fang's senses

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What was White Fang's motivation for running away

• He was hungry and no one would feed him

• He desired independence and solitude.

• He sought a lady wolf to procreate and have pups

• He wanted to see Pearl in the woods and get pet.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What quote best supports that the White Fang's fear is growing?

• “A panic seized him, and ran madly towards the village."

• “Suspicious of the looming bulks of trees and of the dark shadows..."

• “Here was no meat, nothing but a threatening and inedible silence."

• “He had forgotten how to shift for himself.”

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"He sat down to consider, listening to the silence of the frost and perturbed by it." Perturbed most likely means

• Fearful, weary

• Anxious , unsettled

• Solemn, downtrodden

• Elated, playful

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How would Gray Beaver and his family best be characterized?

• Caring and concerned

• Inconsiderate and rude

• Abusive and lazy

• Haughty and neglectful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What sentence BEST shows White Fang's increasing sense of loneliness?

• “He whimpered softly; then he suppressed the whimper for fear that it might attract the attention of the lurking dangers.”

• “He knew an overpowering desire for the protection and companionship of man.”

• “In the fall of the year when the days were shortening and the bite of the frost was coming into the air, White Fang got his chance for liberty.”

• “Darkness was coming on, and for a while he played about among the trees, pleasuring his freedom."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In paragraph 3, what does White Fang's reaction to his "freedom" imply about his life at the camp?

• He was content.

• He was miserable.

• He found it pleasant.

• He felt restrained.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2