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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What thought puts the protagonist in a panic as he tries to light his second fire in Part V?
(a) He is hearing voices
(b) He is losing his vision
(c) The dog will eat him
(d) His feet are freezing

2. When the protagonist’s first fire is extinguished and he decides to build a second in Part V, he realizes that he will probably lose what?
(a) An arm
(b) One foot
(c) Some toes
(d) Both legs

3. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?
(a) Warmth
(b) Sun
(c) Stars
(d) Birds

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of point-of-view in literature allows the reader to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, and feelings?

3. How far away does the dog run before halting and surveying the protagonist after he releases it in Part V?

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. What does the protagonist begin to do after panicking in Part VI?

(see the answer key)

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