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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far away does the dog run before halting and surveying the protagonist after he releases it in Part V?
(a) 150 feet
(b) 40 feet
(c) 85 feet
(d) 15 feet

2. What does the protagonist plan to remove by the fire to dry in Part IV?
(a) His watch
(b) His hat
(c) His coat
(d) His footgear

3. When the protagonist falls a second time and the dog sits in front of him, how does the protagonist feel about the “warmth and security of the animal” in Part VI?
(a) Content
(b) Angered
(c) Jealous
(d) Sickened

4. According to the narrator in Part VI, “never in the dog's experience had it known a man to sit like that in the snow and” do what?
(a) Be silent
(b) Make no fire
(c) Cry
(d) Not move

5. What refers to the decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a literary plot?
(a) Symbol
(b) Foreshadowing
(c) Metaphor
(d) Climax

6. The narrator states in Part V of the protagonist, “It struck him as curious that one should have to use his eyes in order to find out where” what were?
(a) His knife
(b) His hands
(c) His matches
(d) His feet

7. Which word used to describe the protagonist in Part V means having or showing little or no emotion?
(a) Ancestry
(b) Flounder
(c) Appreciate
(d) Apathetic

8. Which word, used to describe the snow in Part V, means something that covers, envelops, or conceals?
(a) Cirque
(b) Perimeter
(c) Mantle
(d) Horizon

9. What does the protagonist do once the fire is a success and he remembers the advice of the old-timer in Part IV?
(a) He cries
(b) He smiles
(c) He scowls
(d) He laughs

10. What simile occurs to the protagonist regarding his behavior in panicking in Part VI?
(a) Burning like a meteor
(b) Going dark like a grand eclipse
(c) Like shooting fish in a barrel
(d) Running around like a chicken with its head cut off

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

12. 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?
(a) Strike a match
(b) Gather water
(c) Save himself
(d) Build a fire

13. How is death described in the protagonist’s thoughts and fears in Part V?
(a) Painful and final
(b) Powerful and liberating
(c) Sharp and fateful
(d) Dull and oppressive

14. Who had told the protagonist about the dangers of being wet in such cold temperatures?
(a) The old-timer
(b) The priest
(c) The ship captain
(d) The gold miner

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word from Part V refers to any of the main branches of a tree?

2. The story, although not directly stated, is suggested to take place during what time period?

3. Which word from Part V refers to a large mass of snow, detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward?

4. What are the shoes called that the protagonist wears in the narrative?

5. The protagonist’s mistake is having built his fire under what, in Part V?

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