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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: “The Wild”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many cartridges of ammunition do Bill and Henry have in Chapter 2: “The She-Wolf”?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 20.

2. The narrator describes in Chapter 1: “The Trail of Meat,” “a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of” what?
(a) “The phoenix.”
(b) “A jaguar.”
(c) “The sphinx.”
(d) “A grizzly bear.”

3. At what time does Henry awaken after Bill and Henry’s first night surrounded by the wolves in Chapter 1: “The Trail of Meat”?
(a) 4:30 a.m.
(b) 5:00 a.m.
(c) 3:30 a.m.
(d) 6:00 a.m.

4. Until what time does the daylight last as Bill and Henry travel in Chapter 2: “The She-Wolf”?
(a) 3:00 p.m.
(b) 4:30 p.m.
(c) 8:30 p.m.
(d) 6:00 p.m.

5. Of the man whose body is being transported in Chapter 1: “The Trail of Meat,” Henry says, “He might have lived to a ripe old age if he’d” done what?
(a) “Stayed in the tropics.”
(b) “Fled the North.”
(c) “Stayed in Europe.”
(d) “Stayed at home.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What dog runs away while Henry and Bill are trying to aright the sled in Chapter 3: “The Hunger Cry”?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 1: “The Trail of Meat” that the Wild drives what “out of the trees till they are frozen to their mighty hearts”?

3. How many dogs does Bill say came to eat dinner on their first night in Chapter 1: “The Trail of Meat”?

4. What does Henry take out from under the lashings after Bill is attacked by the wolves in Chapter 3: “The Hunger Cry”?

5. Bill tells Henry as the wolves encircle them in Chapter 1: “The Trail of Meat,” “Henry, it’s a blame misfortune to be out of” what?

(see the answer key)

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