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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word from Part III refers to pedigree, genealogy or stock?
(a) Wistful
(b) Apathetic
(c) Flounder
(d) Ancestry

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

3. When was Jack London born?
(a) 1876
(b) 1907
(c) 1921
(d) 1892

4. Which word from Part III refers to something that threatens to cause evil, harm or injury?
(a) Apathetic
(b) Apprehension
(c) Menacing
(d) Manipulation

5. What does the narrator say depresses the dog that travels with the protagonist in Part II?
(a) The cold
(b) The ice
(c) The man
(d) The dark

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an obstacle located outside the protagonist, including nature, the supernatural, or society?

2. What does the protagonist do after finishing his lunch in Part III?

3. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?

4. The dog’s instincts tell him that walking in this cold is not good and that it is the time to do what, in Part III?

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

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