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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?
(a) 1897
(b) 1872
(c) 1845
(d) 1912

2. According to the narrator in Part II, no man had come up or down the silent creek that the protagonist travels on in how long?
(a) 1 week
(b) 3 weeks
(c) A month
(d) Two days

3. 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?
(a) In the canyon
(b) At the forks
(c) On the ridge
(d) By the lake

4. What is the temperature, according to the narrator in Part II?
(a) 5 degrees
(b) Negative 10 degrees
(c) Negative 75 degrees
(d) 20 degrees

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many matches go up in flame at once in Part V?

2. The man is described as speaking in what way to the dog in Part V, meaning leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?

3. Which word from Part IV means inanimate or dead?

4. The narrator claims that the “trouble with him” is that he is without what in Part I?

5. What does the protagonist chew as he travels in the narrative?

(see the answer key)

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