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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Symbol
(c) Rising action
(d) Climax

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

3. What are the shoes called that the protagonist wears in the narrative?
(a) Mukluks
(b) Clogs
(c) Moccasins
(d) Sneakers

4. The protagonist thinks to himself, “those old-timers were rather” what, in Part IV?
(a) Brave
(b) Cautious
(c) Womanish
(d) Superstitious

5. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?
(a) It doesn’t leave his lips
(b) It cracks mid-air
(c) It is blue
(d) It doesn’t melt

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist’s socks are described as being like what “halfway to the knees” in Part IV?

2. What thought puts the protagonist in a panic as he tries to light his second fire in Part V?

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

4. When the protagonist reaches Henderson Creek in Part II, he knows he is how far from the forks?

5. According to the narrator in Part II, no man had come up or down the silent creek that the protagonist travels on in how long?

(see the answer key)

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