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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist do to help the dog after it falls through the ice in Part II?
(a) Builds a fire
(b) Warms the dog against his bare skin
(c) Puts his mittens on the dog
(d) Helps to remove the ice from its paws

2. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?
(a) The explorer
(b) The fool
(c) The man
(d) The wanderer

3. The Yukon lay hidden under how many feet of ice, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 12
(d) 8

4. What word refers to “a newcomer to the land” in Part I?
(a) Chechaquo
(b) Nenukto
(c) Chenutok
(d) Nuoktuk

5. In what year did Jack London die?
(a) 1916
(b) 1957
(c) 1944
(d) 1969

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?

2. When the protagonist reaches the top of the steep bank on the little-traveled trail in Part I, he stops to catch his breath and excuses the action by doing what?

3. What time is it in the beginning of To Build a Fire?

4. The “dark hair-line” of trail visible in Part I is said to be the main trail that leads south how many miles to the Chilcoot Pass?

5. The narrator claims that the “trouble with him” is that he is without what in Part I?

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