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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist shoves the dog in order to make it do what in Part II?
(a) Howl
(b) Walk behind him
(c) Lay down
(d) Walk ahead of him

2. What does the protagonist do once he reaches the forks of the creek in Part II?
(a) Goes fishing
(b) Sets a lynx trap
(c) Sets a beaver trap
(d) Stops to eat lunch

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

4. Naturalism was a literary movement that emerged in what decade?
(a) 1940s
(b) 1910s
(c) 1880s
(d) 1850s

5. The narrator states in Part III that “there was no keen” what “between the dog and the man”?
(a) Reality
(b) Ability
(c) Understanding
(d) Intimacy

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist agitates the tree above him every time he does what in Part V?

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

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

4. When the protagonist gets up to leave after his lunch, he takes the creek trail in which direction in Part III?

5. What is the principle form of conflict faced by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?

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