The Cremation of Sam McGee Stanzas Annotation Review

Where is the setting of the story "Cremation of Sam McGee"?

• Mazy May creek

• Afghanistan

• Mexico

• In the Arctic

What does queer mean?

• strange or odd

• happy

• normal

• to have a physical disability

What point of view is the story told in?

• 3rd person

• 2nd person

• 1st person

Where is Sam McGee from?

• Klondike Region

• Tenneese

• Southern California

• Mississippi

In stanza 2 Sam McGee is always...

• working

• worried

• homesick

• cold!

Where would Sam McGee rather live?

• Arctic

• Dawson trail

• Hell

• Yukon

What does it mean, "but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell.."

• Sam has gold fever

• Sam was tricked

• Sam was teleported

• Sam does not like gold

What day is it in stanza 3?

• New Years Day

• Thanksgiving

• Halloweeen

• Christmas Day

What mode of transportation were they using?

• mushing

• wagon

• walking

• train

In Stanza 3, what "stabbed like a driven nail?"

• icicle

• ice berg

• snowball

• arctic air/wind