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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator states in Part I, “North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken” what?
(a) Clouds
(b) Rain
(c) Snowstorms
(d) White

3. What had been the protagonist’s response when the old-timer told him how cold it could get in the country?
(a) He thanked him for the warning
(b) He got angry
(c) He laughed at him
(d) He cried

4. What does the protagonist use to ignite his fire in Part III?
(a) A match
(b) A magnifying glass
(c) A piece of flint
(d) A gun

5. The protagonist experiences a pang of regret that he had not devised what object that Bud wears in cold snaps in Part II?
(a) A hat with flaps
(b) Caribou pants
(c) A musk ox mask
(d) A nose-strap

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an obstacle located outside the protagonist, including nature, the supernatural, or society?

2. Where was Jack London born?

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

4. The only supply the protagonist is carrying with him on his journey is what?

5. Jack London's mother was the fifth and youngest child of what Pennsylvania Canal builder?

(see the answer key)

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