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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) A month
(b) 1 week
(c) 3 weeks
(d) Two days

3. The narrator states in Part I, “North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken” what?
(a) Snowstorms
(b) Clouds
(c) Rain
(d) White

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The protagonist shoves the dog in order to make it do what in Part II?

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

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

5. 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?

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