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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the protagonist eventually separate the matches in Part V?
(a) With the dogs help
(b) With his teeth
(c) With his nose
(d) By blowing on them

2. The protagonist begins to think that the old-timer was right about what after the snow falls and puts out his fire in Part V?
(a) Letting a dog lead the way
(b) Only traveling in the dark
(c) Traveling with a trail-mate
(d) Following the ridgelines

3. The protagonist steps through the ice and wets himself how high in Part IV?
(a) To the waist
(b) Halfway up the thighs
(c) Halfway to the knees
(d) To the elbows

4. What does the protagonist realize he’s forgotten to do when he stops to eat his lunch in Part III?
(a) Say a prayer
(b) Drink water
(c) Build a shelter
(d) Build a fire

5. What refers to related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?
(a) Rising action
(b) Internal conflict
(c) Metaphor
(d) Climax

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the fire symbolize to the protagonist in Part V?

2. When the protagonist’s first fire is extinguished and he decides to build a second in Part V, he realizes that he will probably lose what?

3. How many inches of snow cover the furrow of the last runners on the old sled-trail in Part II?

4. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?

5. Which word from Part III refers to pedigree, genealogy or stock?

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