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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist shoves the dog in order to make it do what in Part II?
(a) Walk behind him
(b) Walk ahead of him
(c) Howl
(d) Lay down

2. What does the fire symbolize to the protagonist in Part V?
(a) Comfort
(b) Triumph
(c) God
(d) Life

3. The protagonist recalls the tale of a man who was caught in a blizzard and killed what before climbing into the carcass in Part V?
(a) A caribou
(b) A steer
(c) A horse
(d) A musk ox

4. What does the protagonist do in order to get the dog to come with him when he departs from eating lunch in Part III?
(a) Whistles
(b) Claps
(c) Yells
(d) Fires a pistol

5. In literature, what refers to the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
(a) Rising action
(b) Foreshadowing
(c) Climax
(d) Exposition

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of point-of-view in literature allows the reader to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, and feelings?

2. What does the protagonist begin to do after panicking in Part VI?

3. The narrator states in Part V of the protagonist, “It struck him as curious that one should have to use his eyes in order to find out where” what were?

4. Which word from Part V refers to a large mass of snow, detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward?

5. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?

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