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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What substance does Håkan use to protect his skin from the sun?
(a) Dried leaves.
(b) Dried jerky.
(c) Dried blood.
(d) Dried mud.

2. Toward what location does Lorimer travel when he parts ways with Håkan?
(a) Saladillo.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Clangston.

3. Which character falls ill with fever in Chapter 7?
(a) Asa.
(b) Lorimer.
(c) Lorimer's infant son.
(d) Håkan.

4. The prologue takes place on a ship near what location?
(a) Sweden.
(b) California.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Norway.

5. At one point when Håkan is feverish and delusional, he awakens next to what type of dead animal?
(a) A duck.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A bear.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. A convoy from what location arrives in order to threaten the Brennans if they do not give up their mine and flee?

2. Who directs the preparation of the medicine to heal the person ill with fever?

3. What element of weather leads to the men's predicament of being stranded?

4. In Chapter 7, Håkan and the rest of the convoy begin to cross what type of natural feature?

5. When Håkan regains consciousness after his period of feverish wandering, he finds himself in what state inside a covered wagon?

(see the answer key)

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