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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of point-of-view in literature allows the reader to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, and feelings?
(a) Invasive
(b) Omniscient
(c) Limited
(d) Constructive

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

3. Which word from Part III refers to pedigree, genealogy or stock?
(a) Flounder
(b) Wistful
(c) Apathetic
(d) Ancestry

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is the same as another otherwise unrelated object?

2. In what year did Jack London die?

3. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?

4. What does the narrator refer to the dog as in Part III?

5. What color are the protagonist’s beard and moustache?

(see the answer key)

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