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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist do in order to regain feeling in his feet in Part III?
(a) Pours warm water over them
(b) Puts his shoes on
(c) Stamps up and down
(d) Gets the dog to lay on them

2. What color is the dog that travels with the protagonist?
(a) White
(b) Brown
(c) Gray
(d) Black

3. What time is it in the beginning of To Build a Fire?
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 11:15 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 4:45 a.m.

4. According to the narrator in Part IV, the “wires were pretty well down between him and his” what?
(a) Finger-ends
(b) Palms
(c) Knees
(d) Elbows

5. The protagonist anticipates arriving to meet the boys at the campsite by what time in Part I?
(a) 6:00 p.m.
(b) 3:30 p.m.
(c) 10:00 p.m.
(d) 8:30 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. At 12:00 p.m., the sun is at its brightest but it is too far in what direction to clear the horizon?

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

3. The only supply the protagonist is carrying with him on his journey is what?

4. According to the narrator in Part II, no man had come up or down the silent creek that the protagonist travels on in how long?

5. Which word from Part III means anticipation of adversity or misfortune?

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