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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had been the protagonist’s response when the old-timer told him how cold it could get in the country?
(a) He got angry
(b) He laughed at him
(c) He cried
(d) He thanked him for the warning

2. The protagonist experiences a pang of regret that he had not devised what object that Bud wears in cold snaps in Part II?
(a) Caribou pants
(b) A musk ox mask
(c) A nose-strap
(d) A hat with flaps

3. When did a man from Sulphur Creek tell the protagonist about the dangers of being wet in the cold?
(a) That month
(b) Last fall
(c) Last spring
(d) Last summer

4. At 12:00 p.m., the sun is at its brightest but it is too far in what direction to clear the horizon?
(a) West
(b) East
(c) South
(d) North

5. The protagonist thinks to himself as he dies in Part VI, “When he got back to the States he could tell the folks” what?
(a) Where he had lost his fingers
(b) What real cold was
(c) How he was a survivor
(d) About the rugged north

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word from Part IV means situated at some distance away?

2. At what time exactly does the protagonist arrive at the forks of the creek in Part II?

3. What does the protagonist do once the fire is a success and he remembers the advice of the old-timer in Part IV?

4. According to the narrator in Part II, no man had come up or down the silent creek that the protagonist travels on in how long?

5. The narrator states that the only caresses the dog has known were the caresses of what, in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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