Chapter I a. Read this short version of the chapter. There are 3 things which didn’t really happen. Find them

G. Complete the crossword puzzle.
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6. He even ................................................................. Collie, who was 
surprisingly nice to him at times.
7. ‘You might be a number one gold expert, but you ...........................
....................................... when you didn’t run off as a little boy to join 
the circus.’
8. ‘We should ...................................... ,’ said Matt. ’and turn him loose, 
but with a club.’
9. Jim Hall was a ferocious man and had ......................... a terrible 
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10. In spite of his instinct, White Fang began to .................................... 
Weedon Scott.
E. Fill the gaps in the sentences with one word. In all the sentences 
it will be the same word. Can you guess which word it is? Can you 
remember who said these sentences in the story?
1. ‘We should give him a ..................... , and turn him loose.’
2. ‘You might be a number one gold expert, but you missed the 
..................... of your life when you didn’t run off as a little boy to join 
the circus.’
3. ‘Well, he has a one in a thousand ....................... of surviving.’
4. ‘But we mustn’t lose any .......................to help him.’
F. Fill the gaps with the correct preposition from the box. You may 
need the same preposition more than once.
by up in up in up for of off by against
in for on without up over after of
1. ............... the time Weedon Scott had switched the light ............ in 
the hall, it was all ...............
2. ................ weeks the whole family was employed to look ............... 
White Fang.
3. He never took his eyes ............. the god and ate the meat quickly.
4. He would give ................ anything for the company of the god.
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4. He grew to respect his master’s family and to ignore the .................. 
animals.
5. Jim Hall was a ferocious man and had commited a .................. crime.
6. He’s got a .................. leg and three .................. holes through him.
7. For weeks the .................. family was employed to look after White 
Fang.