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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Alberts Creek country
(b) Henderson Creek country
(c) Johnson Creek country
(d) Indian Creek country

2. What does the dog yearn toward as the man departs after eating his lunch in Part III?
(a) The fire
(b) The forest
(c) A snow cave
(d) The cloth that the biscuits were wrapped with

3. The protagonist had been out in how many cold snaps before, according to the narrator in Part II?
(a) 8
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 11

4. 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 beauty
(b) The significances
(c) The actions
(d) The lessons

5. The protagonist shoves the dog in order to make it do what in Part II?
(a) Walk ahead of him
(b) Walk behind him
(c) Howl
(d) Lay down

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist do in order to regain feeling in his feet in Part III?

2. How wide is the Yukon, according to the narrator in Part I?

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

4. What location is 1,000 miles north along the “dark hair-line” of the main trail visible in Part I?

5. On top of the ice of the Yukon is how many feet of snow, according to the narrator in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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