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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At 12:00 p.m., the sun is at its brightest but it is too far in what direction to clear the horizon?
(a) West
(b) South
(c) North
(d) East

2. What word refers to “a newcomer to the land” in Part I?
(a) Chenutok
(b) Nuoktuk
(c) Chechaquo
(d) Nenukto

3. The trek that the protagonist takes is expected to last how long?
(a) 2 hours
(b) 14 hours
(c) 9 hours
(d) 5 hours

4. What does the protagonist do to help the dog after it falls through the ice in Part II?
(a) Builds a fire
(b) Helps to remove the ice from its paws
(c) Puts his mittens on the dog
(d) Warms the dog against his bare skin

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?
(a) A month
(b) Two days
(c) 1 week
(d) 3 weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the condition in which core temperature drops below the required temperature for normal metabolism and body functions?

2. 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?

3. What refers to related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?

4. Naturalism was a literary movement that emerged in what decade?

5. The “dark hair-line” of trail visible in Part I is said to be the main trail that leads south how many miles to the Chilcoot Pass?

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