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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist chew as he travels in the narrative?
(a) Gum
(b) Tobacco
(c) Manzanita leaves
(d) Leather

2. The narrator states in Part I, “North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken” what?
(a) Clouds
(b) White
(c) Rain
(d) Snowstorms

3. In literature, what refers to an incompatibility in how two or more individuals relate to one another?
(a) External conflict
(b) Climax
(c) Foreshadowing
(d) Relational conflict

4. When the protagonist gets up to leave after his lunch, he takes the creek trail in which direction in Part III?
(a) Downstream
(b) Up the right fork
(c) Up the center fork
(d) Up the left fork

5. What refers to an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself?
(a) Symbol
(b) Climax
(c) Rising action
(d) Foreshadowing

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?

2. What does the narrator say the dog has learned and wants in Part II?

3. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?

4. The narrator states that the only caresses the dog has known were the caresses of what, in Part III?

5. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?

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