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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 moves on to feed the fire with branches the size of what in Part IV?
(a) His wrist
(b) His neck
(c) His finger
(d) His foot

2. The narrator claims in Part I that fifty degrees below zero means what degrees of frost?
(a) Eighty-odd
(b) Forty-odd
(c) Twenty-odd
(d) Fifty-odd

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

4. How many matches go up in flame at once in Part V?
(a) 12
(b) 70
(c) 124
(d) 45

5. The protagonist begins by feeding the fire with twigs the size of what in Part IV?
(a) His finger
(b) A pencil
(c) His arm
(d) A sewing needle

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jack London born?

2. The narrator states in Part IV, “When it is seventy-five below zero, a man must not fail in his first attempt to” do what?

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. What does the dog yearn toward as the man departs after eating his lunch in Part III?

5. What kind of weapon does the protagonist carry?

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