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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What location is 1,000 miles north along the “dark hair-line” of the main trail visible in Part I?
(a) Nulato
(b) Beaver Creek
(c) Inuvik
(d) Whitehorse

2. The only supply the protagonist is carrying with him on his journey is what?
(a) A rifle
(b) A handgun
(c) His lunch
(d) A sled

3. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?
(a) Springs
(b) The sun
(c) Branches
(d) Rocks

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

5. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?
(a) Stars
(b) Birds
(c) Sun
(d) Warmth

Short Answer Questions

1. At what pace has the protagonist been making his journey when he looks at his watch at 10:00 a.m. in Part II?

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

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 type of dog travels with the protagonist?

5. How many inches of snow cover the furrow of the last runners on the old sled-trail in Part II?

(see the answer key)

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