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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After departing from eating his lunch, the protagonist travels along which body of water?
(a) Sulphur Creek
(b) Henderson Creek
(c) Boulder Creek
(d) Tenaya Creek

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

3. The narrator states in Part IV, “When it is seventy-five below zero, a man must not fail in his first attempt to” do what?
(a) Save himself
(b) Strike a match
(c) Build a fire
(d) Gather water

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

5. In literature, what are exaggerations to create emphasis or effect?
(a) Metaphors
(b) Ironies
(c) Foreshadowing
(d) Hyperboles

Short Answer Questions

1. Jack London's mother was the fifth and youngest child of what Pennsylvania Canal builder?

2. The protagonist anticipates arriving to meet the boys at the campsite by what time in Part I?

3. The “dark hair-line” of trail visible in Part I is said to be the main trail that leads north 70 miles to what location?

4. The narrator states in Part II that given that the freezing-point is 32 degrees above zero, the degrees of frost obtained as the protagonist travels is what?

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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