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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Jack London’s family settle in 1886?
(a) Arcata, California
(b) Oakland, California
(c) Los Angeles, California
(d) San Francisco, California

3. When the protagonist reaches Henderson Creek in Part II, he knows he is how far from the forks?
(a) 2 miles
(b) 10 miles
(c) 4 miles
(d) 17 miles

4. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?
(a) Licks its legs
(b) Runs away
(c) Curls into a ball
(d) Tries to chew the ice out

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of dog travels with the protagonist?

2. The narrator claims in Part I that fifty degrees below zero means what degrees of frost?

3. 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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