Name: __________________________
Date: __________________________
Class: __________________________
What Do You Know About Jack London?
DIRECTIONS: Use the following web sites to answer the questions below.
http://www.getyourwordsworth.com/WORDSWORTH-JackLondon.html
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/jackbio.html
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/Essays/comp_date.html
Early Life
1. Where and when was Jack London born? ___________________________
2. How far did Jack London go in school? _____________________________
3. What was the name of London’s first wife? __________________________
4. What were the names of the children that he had with her?
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5. What was the name of his second wife? _____________________________
6. Name three different types of work that Jack London did.
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Middle Years
7. Why did London want to journey up to Alaska in 1897?
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8. What was the name of the book London brought with him and who
wrote it? ______________________________________________________________
9. What made London return home in 1989?
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10. What was the name of London’s first short story?
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11. What situation at home forced him to start his writing career?
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Writing Career
12. What novel was the basis for the first ever full length American
movie? _______________________________________________________________
13. In what year was the first version of “To Build a Fire” written?
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14. Which two novels were written in 1902?
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15. In what year was White Fang written? _____________________________
16. How many years did Jack London’s writing career span? ___________
17. List the names of 3 pieces of writing by Jack London that were not
mentioned on this worksheet. Also write whether these pieces were short
stories, biographies, novels or plays.
A. ________________________________________________________
B. ________________________________________________________
C. ________________________________________________________