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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word from Part III refers to something that threatens to cause evil, harm or injury?
(a) Apathetic
(b) Manipulation
(c) Menacing
(d) Apprehension

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

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

5. 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) Tries to chew the ice out
(c) Curls into a ball
(d) Runs away

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?

2. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?

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

4. What type of dog travels with the protagonist?

5. What does the protagonist do once he reaches the forks of the creek in Part II?

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