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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 chew as he travels in the narrative?
(a) Manzanita leaves
(b) Tobacco
(c) Leather
(d) Gum

2. What does the protagonist realize he’s forgotten to do when he stops to eat his lunch in Part III?
(a) Build a shelter
(b) Say a prayer
(c) Drink water
(d) Build a fire

3. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?
(a) It doesn’t leave his lips
(b) It is blue
(c) It cracks mid-air
(d) It doesn’t melt

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) 1 mile per hour
(b) 2 miles per hour
(c) 7 miles per hour
(d) 4 miles per hour

5. Jack London's mother was the fifth and youngest child of what Pennsylvania Canal builder?
(a) Marshall Wellman
(b) Roger Stevens
(c) Jackson Wright
(d) Albert Thompson

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?

2. What location is 1,000 miles north along the “dark hair-line” of the main trail visible in Part I?

3. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?

4. At what time exactly does the protagonist arrive at the forks of the creek in Part II?

5. 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?

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