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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say depresses the dog that travels with the protagonist in Part II?
(a) The man
(b) The cold
(c) The dark
(d) The ice

2. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?
(a) 1845
(b) 1872
(c) 1912
(d) 1897

3. The narrator states that the only caresses the dog has known were the caresses of what, in Part III?
(a) The wind
(b) The rain
(c) The whip-lash
(d) Strangers

4. What is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different?
(a) Thermoregulation
(b) Hyporegulation
(c) Hydroregulation
(d) Hyperregulation

5. What is contained in the biscuits that the protagonist carries with him for lunch?
(a) Bacon
(b) Salmonberries
(c) Blueberries
(d) Salmon

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word from Part IV means the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors?

2. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?

3. On top of the ice of the Yukon is how many feet of snow, according to the narrator in Part I?

4. According to the narrator in Part I, “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible” what “over the face of things”?

5. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?

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