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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Alberts Creek country
(b) Henderson Creek country
(c) Indian Creek country
(d) Johnson Creek country

2. What does the protagonist do after finishing his lunch in Part III?
(a) Lights a pipe
(b) Takes a nap
(c) Watches the clouds
(d) Drinks some whiskey

3. What does the protagonist intend on rubbing his feet with in Part IV?
(a) Snow
(b) Branches
(c) Pine needles
(d) Dirt

4. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?
(a) It is blue
(b) It doesn’t leave his lips
(c) It cracks mid-air
(d) It doesn’t melt

5. The narrator claims that the “trouble with him” is that he is without what in Part I?
(a) Imagination
(b) Hope
(c) Money
(d) Regret

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?

3. In what year did Jack London die?

4. The only supply the protagonist is carrying with him on his journey is what?

5. In literature, what are exaggerations to create emphasis or effect?

(see the answer key)

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