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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist do in order to get the dog to come with him when he departs from eating lunch in Part III?
(a) Whistles
(b) Claps
(c) Fires a pistol
(d) Yells

2. St. Michael is described as being located by what body of water in Part I?
(a) The Arctic Ocean
(b) The Bering Sea
(c) Cook Inlet
(d) The Gulf of Alaska

3. 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?
(a) The lessons
(b) The significances
(c) The actions
(d) The beauty

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”?
(a) Destiny
(b) Cheerfulness
(c) Brightness
(d) Pall

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In literature, what refers to the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?

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

3. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?

4. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?

5. What is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different?

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