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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different?
(a) Hydroregulation
(b) Hyporegulation
(c) Hyperregulation
(d) Thermoregulation

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

3. Which word from Part V refers to any of the main branches of a tree?
(a) Trunk
(b) Bough
(c) Twig
(d) Root

4. What does the protagonist use to ignite his fire in Part III?
(a) A piece of flint
(b) A gun
(c) A magnifying glass
(d) A match

5. The only supply the protagonist is carrying with him on his journey is what?
(a) His lunch
(b) A handgun
(c) A rifle
(d) A sled

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist do in order to regain feeling in his feet in Part III?

2. What does the narrator refer to the dog as in Part III?

3. How many inches of snow cover the furrow of the last runners on the old sled-trail in Part II?

4. What refers to an incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result?

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

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