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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which word from Part IV means inanimate or dead?
(a) Lifeless
(b) Regal
(c) Jovial
(d) Meditation
2. The protagonist thinks to himself as he dies in Part VI, “When he got back to the States he could tell the folks” what?
(a) Where he had lost his fingers
(b) How he was a survivor
(c) About the rugged north
(d) What real cold was
3. An earlier version of To Build a Firewas first printed in The Youth’s Companion in which year?
(a) 1947
(b) 1893
(c) 1902
(d) 1928
4. According to the narrator in Part VI, the protagonist’s plan of running until he reaches camp has one flaw in it. What is this flaw?
(a) Darkness is setting in
(b) The snow is too deep
(c) He lacks the endurance
(d) He has to cross a river
5. What drug does the protagonist compare to the onset of death in Part VI?
(a) Narcotic
(b) Barbiturate
(c) Anesthetic
(d) Psychedelic
Short Answer Questions
1. The man is described as speaking in what way to the dog in Part V, meaning leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?
2. The protagonist agitates the tree above him every time he does what in Part V?
3. Which word from Part V refers to a large mass of snow, detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward?
4. Which word from Part IV means to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust?
5. How does the ending of the earlier version of To Build a Firediffer from the later and more popularized version?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the first mental image that overtakes the protagonist as he dies in Part VI?
2. How are the protagonist’s socks and shoes described as he tries to remove them in Part IV by the fire?
3. How does the dog recognize the protagonist is dead in Part VI? What does the dog do?
4. How is the protagonist able to separate the matches in Part V? How does he attempt to light a match once he does?
5. How does the protagonist’s body respond when he begins to build a fire after falling through the ice in Part IV?
6. How does the narrator describe the protagonist’s journey when he departs from lunch in Part IV?
7. How does the protagonist respond when the fear of death begins to overtake him in Part VI?
8. What is symbolized by the ending of the story and the dog’s actions?
9. What obstacle does the protagonist face with gathering twigs for his fire in Part IV?
10. How does the protagonist go about starting his second fire in Part V? What obstacles does he face in the process?
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