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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the protagonist reaches the top of the steep bank on the little-traveled trail in Part I, he stops to catch his breath and excuses the action by doing what?
(a) Eating his lunch
(b) Looking at his watch
(c) Petting the dog
(d) Listening for a sound

3. What word refers to “a newcomer to the land” in Part I?
(a) Nuoktuk
(b) Nenukto
(c) Chenutok
(d) Chechaquo

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

5. What refers to an incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result?
(a) Symbol
(b) Irony
(c) Metaphor
(d) External conflict

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is contained in the biscuits that the protagonist carries with him for lunch?

3. What type of dog travels with the protagonist?

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

5. 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?

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