Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	What does the narrator say is the trouble with the man?
	A.	He is without proper supplies for the journey.
	B.	He was without imagination.
	C.	He was too old to be a prospector.
	D.	He did not have the abilities to survive.

2.	Why was the man's dog depressed?
	A.	The dog knew that it was too cold to be traveling.
	B.	The dog had not eaten in days.
	C.	The dog could sense that a storm was coming.
	D.	The dog knew that the man had lost the trail.

3.	Where did the man learn how to handle situations such as he found himself in?
	A.	He had attended a training school before coming to the Yukon.
	B.	He had studied what dogs do in similar situations.
	C.	He had talked to an old-timer on Sulphur Creek.
	D.	He had fallen through ice many times before.

4.	What happens to the fire the man builds?
	A.	It is doused by falling snow from a large tree.
	B.	The strong wind blows it out.
	C.	The hot fire burns through the layers of snow and into water below.
	D.	The man accidentally smothers it.

5.	Without a fire, how did the man plan on surviving?
	A.	He would send the dog ahead to alert his friends at camp.
	B.	He would wait until his friends found him.
	C.	He would run until his feet thawed out and he reached camp.
	D.	He would build a shelter in the snow to stay warm.

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