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A character with this profession looks through a candle box at a character he later holds like a “drowning man is said to cling to a straw.” People with this profession sing the lullaby “Man-o’War Jack” to a character called a “little cuss” (20[2])by (20[1])one of them named Kentuck. (20[3])People with this profession (20[2])earn good fortune from the infant son (20[1])of Cherokee (20[1])Sal, who dies in a flood. (20[2])While (20[1])traveling to a (*) camp (10[1])of people with this profession, an unnamed narrator (10[1])accidentally ignites a box of matches and tries killing his dog companion for (10[1])warmth. A community (10[1])for this profession appears in (10[1])Bret Harte’s “The Luck of Roaring (10[1])Camp.” For (10[1])10 points, name this (10[1])profession of the protagonist of Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” (10[2])who freezes while traveling in the Yukon (10[1])during the Klondike (10[1])Gold Rush. (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

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