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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the old-timer from that the protagonist recalls in Part III?
(a) Bighorn Ranch
(b) Sulphur Creek
(c) Bear Mountain
(d) Crystal Springs

2. What location is 1,000 miles north along the “dark hair-line” of the main trail visible in Part I?
(a) Beaver Creek
(b) Whitehorse
(c) Inuvik
(d) Nulato

3. What does the narrator say the dog has learned and wants in Part II?
(a) Food
(b) Companionship
(c) Fire
(d) Water

4. What is the temperature, according to the narrator in Part II?
(a) 20 degrees
(b) 5 degrees
(c) Negative 75 degrees
(d) Negative 10 degrees

5. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Alberts Creek country
(b) Henderson Creek country
(c) Indian Creek country
(d) Johnson Creek country

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the dog that travels with the protagonist?

2. At what pace has the protagonist been making his journey when he looks at his watch at 10:00 a.m. in Part II?

3. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?

4. According to the narrator in Part I, “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible” what “over the face of things”?

5. The protagonist turns aside from what main trail to climb the high earth-bank to a “dim and little-traveled trail” in Part I?

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