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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The following sentence is an example of which literary technique: “It was as though he had just heard his own sentence of death”?
(a) Simile
(b) Extrapolation
(c) Allusion
(d) Assonance

2. What is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is the same as another otherwise unrelated object?
(a) Hyperbole
(b) Metaphor
(c) Foreshadowing
(d) Irony

3. The narrator states in Part V that the dog looks to the protagonist as what?
(a) The navigator
(b) The water-maker
(c) The fire-provider
(d) The belly-rubber

4. How does the protagonist become aware that his hand is on fire in Part V?
(a) The smell
(b) The sound
(c) The sight
(d) The feeling

5. What is the principle form of conflict faced by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?
(a) External conflict
(b) Relational conflict
(c) Internal conflict
(d) Manipulation

Short Answer Questions

1. What thought puts the protagonist in a panic as he tries to light his second fire in Part V?

2. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?

3. 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?

4. After departing from his lunch break, the protagonist sees no signs of springs for how long?

5. What color is the dog that travels with the protagonist?

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