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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word used to describe the protagonist in Part V means having or showing little or no emotion?
(a) Flounder
(b) Appreciate
(c) Apathetic
(d) Ancestry

2. At what time exactly does the protagonist arrive at the forks of the creek in Part II?
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 12:30 p.m.
(c) 11:00 a.m.
(d) 6:30 a.m.

3. What does the protagonist do to help the dog after it falls through the ice in Part II?
(a) Warms the dog against his bare skin
(b) Puts his mittens on the dog
(c) Helps to remove the ice from its paws
(d) Builds a fire

4. After departing from his lunch break, the protagonist sees no signs of springs for how long?
(a) 3 hours
(b) 30 minutes
(c) 10 minutes
(d) 1 hours

5. What is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is the same as another otherwise unrelated object?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Hyperbole
(c) Metaphor
(d) Irony

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the fire symbolize to the protagonist in Part V?

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

3. The narrator claims in Part I that fifty degrees below zero means what degrees of frost?

4. The narrator states that the only caresses the dog has known were the caresses of what, in Part III?

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

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