2. 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 actions
(b) The lessons
(c) The beauty
(d) The significances

3. How wide is the Yukon, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 500 feet
(b) 350 yards
(c) 1 mile
(d) 1000 yards

4. The protagonist turns aside from what main trail to climb the high earth-bank to a “dim and little-traveled trail” in Part I?
(a) The Arctic Trail
(b) The Apache Trail
(c) The Yukon trail
(d) The Alaska Trail

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?

3. According to the narrator in Part I, “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible” what “over the face of things”?

4. Where did Jack London’s family settle in 1886?

5. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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