2. What refers to related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?
(a) Climax
(b) Internal conflict
(c) Metaphor
(d) Rising action

3. The protagonist anticipates arriving to meet the boys at the campsite by what time in Part I?
(a) 10:00 p.m.
(b) 8:30 p.m.
(c) 3:30 p.m.
(d) 6:00 p.m.

4. The only supply the protagonist is carrying with him on his journey is what?
(a) A rifle
(b) A sled
(c) His lunch
(d) A handgun

5. The Yukon lay hidden under how many feet of ice, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 3
(b) 12
(c) 8
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of the protagonist in Part II, “He was not much given to thinking, and just then particularly he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch” where?

2. The protagonist experiences a pang of regret that he had not devised what object that Bud wears in cold snaps in Part II?

3. The protagonist shoves the dog in order to make it do what in Part II?

4. When the protagonist reaches Henderson Creek in Part II, he knows he is how far from the forks?

5. What does the narrator say the dog has learned and wants in Part II?

(see the answer key)

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