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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist thinks to himself as he dies in Part VI, “When he got back to the States he could tell the folks” what?
(a) How he was a survivor
(b) Where he had lost his fingers
(c) About the rugged north
(d) What real cold was

2. Mercury is often depicted holding what in his left hand?
(a) A lectisternium
(b) The Bacchanalia
(c) The caduceus
(d) A cistellatrix

3. The Yukon lay hidden under how many feet of ice, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 3
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 12

4. The popularized second version of To Build a Firewas published in what year?
(a) 1880
(b) 1927
(c) 1899
(d) 1908

5. What color are the protagonist’s beard and moustache?
(a) Blonde
(b) White
(c) Black
(d) Red

Short Answer Questions

1. After departing from his lunch break, the protagonist sees no signs of springs for how long?

2. What other word does the narrator use for sulphur in Part V?

3. What does the protagonist do after finishing his lunch in Part III?

4. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?

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

(see the answer key)

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