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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word from Part V refers to a large mass of snow, detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward?
(a) Igloo
(b) Icicle
(c) Frazil ice
(d) Avalanche

2. The protagonist’s mistake is having built his fire under what, in Part V?
(a) A cliff
(b) An eagle nest
(c) A spruce tree
(d) A waterfall

3. Which word from Part III refers to something that threatens to cause evil, harm or injury?
(a) Apathetic
(b) Manipulation
(c) Apprehension
(d) Menacing

4. Mercury was a messenger in Roman mythology who wore what?
(a) A silver helmet
(b) Winged sandals
(c) A golden crown
(d) An invisible cape

5. What refers to an incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Irony
(c) External conflict
(d) Symbol

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had told the protagonist about the dangers of being wet in such cold temperatures?

2. In order to build a fire, the protagonist must do what in Part IV?

3. According to the narrator in Part V, there had been no what for weeks?

4. Which word from Part IV means to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust?

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

(see the answer key)

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