Quiz on Sam McGee

Who is the narrator of this poem?

• Sam McGee

• Cap

• Robert Service

• The narrator is unknown

Why most likely is it important to Sam McGee that he be cremated?

• Sam McGee was a criminal in Tennessee and he wants to leave no traces.

• Sam McGee wants to go to heaven.

• Sam McGee deeply suffers from the cold, and so he wants to die in warmth and fire.

• Sam McGee hopes that the fire from his cremation will help keep the others warm.

Which passage from the poem most strongly supports the answer on why Sam McGee wants to be cremated?

• “In the days to come, though my lips were numb, in my heart how I cursed that load. / In the long, long night, by the lone firelight...”

• “On a Christmas Day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail.”

• “...it’s my awful dread of the icy grave that pains; / So I want you to swear that, foul or fair, you’ll cremate my last remains.”

• “A pal’s last need is a thing to heed, so I swore I would not fail; / And we started on at the streak of dawn...”

Which of the following reveals why Sam McGee was in Alaska?

• "God only knows."

• "the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell"

• "the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe"

• "you'll cremate my last remains"

Which device is used in "I'm chilled clean through to the bone"?

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

What is "the thing" and "the hateful thing" that Cap refers to in stanzas 8-9?

• Sam's corpse

• the dogs

• himself

• the weather

"There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold;" What is the meaning of the word, moil?

• To work hard

• To rest

• To play

• To sleep

A pal's last need is a think to heed, so I swore I would not fail; Heed means to _______.

• pay attention to

• ignore

• change

• floss

And we started on at the streak of dawn; but God! he looked ghastly pale. He looked _________.

• frightful and deathly

• smart and beautiful

• sneaky

• happy and smiling

To loathe someone means to ______________.

• to hate

• to sing

• to enjoy

• to skip