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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of socks does the protagonist wear in Part IV?
(a) French
(b) Canadian
(c) Mexican
(d) German

2. Which word, describing the dog in Part V, means sadly pensive, especially about something yearned for?
(a) Conflagration
(b) Wistful
(c) Flounder
(d) Recoil

3. The protagonist’s socks are described as being like what “halfway to the knees” in Part IV?
(a) Clenched fists
(b) Quicksand
(c) A cast
(d) Sheaths of iron

4. Which word from Part IV means the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors?
(a) Success
(b) Conflagration
(c) Wistful
(d) Ancestry

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Part V of the story marks what point in the plot structure?

2. At 12:00 p.m., the sun is at its brightest but it is too far in what direction to clear the horizon?

3. According to the narrator in Part I, “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible” what “over the face of things”?

4. According to the narrator in Part IV, the “wires were pretty well down between him and his” what?

5. What had been the protagonist’s response when the old-timer told him how cold it could get in the country?

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