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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist is described in Part I as being “quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in” what?
(a) The significances
(b) The lessons
(c) The beauty
(d) The actions

2. The protagonist lights his second fire by touching a match to a small shred of what that he takes from his pocket in Part IV?
(a) Oak leaves
(b) Birch bark
(c) Seal blubber
(d) Cotton cloth

3. In order to build a fire, the protagonist must do what in Part IV?
(a) Remove his watch
(b) Remove his mittens
(c) Remove his moccasins
(d) Remove his coat

4. What does the narrator say the dog has learned and wants in Part II?
(a) Food
(b) Companionship
(c) Fire
(d) Water

5. The protagonist begins to think that the old-timer was right about what after the snow falls and puts out his fire in Part V?
(a) Traveling with a trail-mate
(b) Letting a dog lead the way
(c) Only traveling in the dark
(d) Following the ridgelines

Short Answer Questions

1. What had been the protagonist’s response when the old-timer told him how cold it could get in the country?

2. The protagonist steps through the ice and wets himself how high in Part IV?

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 “dark hair-line” of trail visible in Part I is said to be the main trail that leads south how many miles to the Chilcoot Pass?

5. The narrator states in Part V of the protagonist, “It struck him as curious that one should have to use his eyes in order to find out where” what were?

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