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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) Puts his mittens on the dog
(b) Warms the dog against his bare skin
(c) Helps to remove the ice from its paws
(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) 1 week
(b) Two days
(c) A month
(d) 3 weeks

3. What refers to related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?
(a) Internal conflict
(b) Rising action
(c) Climax
(d) Metaphor

4. On top of the ice of the Yukon is how many feet of snow, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 2
(d) 8

5. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?
(a) 1897
(b) 1845
(c) 1912
(d) 1872

Short Answer Questions

1. In literature, what refers to the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?

2. What is the temperature, according to the narrator in Part II?

3. The protagonist had been out in how many cold snaps before, according to the narrator in Part II?

4. 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?

5. How wide is the Yukon, according to the narrator in Part I?

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