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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 narrator say depresses the dog that travels with the protagonist in Part II?
(a) The cold
(b) The dark
(c) The man
(d) The ice

2. St. Michael is described as being located by what body of water in Part I?
(a) Cook Inlet
(b) The Arctic Ocean
(c) The Gulf of Alaska
(d) The Bering Sea

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

4. At what pace has the protagonist been making his journey when he looks at his watch at 10:00 a.m. in Part II?
(a) 2 miles per hour
(b) 4 miles per hour
(c) 7 miles per hour
(d) 1 mile per hour

5. The “dark hair-line” of trail visible in Part I is said to be the main trail that leads north 70 miles to what location?
(a) Moosejaw
(b) Anchorage
(c) Fairbanks
(d) Dawson

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?

4. 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?

5. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?

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