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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The dog’s instincts tell him that walking in this cold is not good and that it is the time to do what, in Part III?
(a) Curl up behind a tree
(b) Hide behind a windbreak
(c) Lay in the sun
(d) Burrow in the snow

2. According to the narrator in Part IV, “The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after” what?
(a) Thirty below
(b) Fifty below
(c) Fifteen below
(d) 0 degrees

3. The protagonist thinks to himself, “those old-timers were rather” what, in Part IV?
(a) Superstitious
(b) Womanish
(c) Brave
(d) Cautious

4. How many inches of snow cover the furrow of the last runners on the old sled-trail in Part II?
(a) 3
(b) 12
(c) 9
(d) 5

5. What does the protagonist do in order to regain feeling in his feet in Part III?
(a) Puts his shoes on
(b) Pours warm water over them
(c) Stamps up and down
(d) Gets the dog to lay on them

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist use to ignite his fire in Part III?

2. The narrator states in Part IV, “Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had” what?

3. What refers to related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?

4. The narrator states in Part III that “there was no keen” what “between the dog and the man”?

5. At 12:00 p.m., the sun is at its brightest but it is too far in what direction to clear the horizon?

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