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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist is bound for an old claim on the left fork of what in To Build a Fire?
(a) Alberts Creek
(b) Indian Creek
(c) Johnson Creek
(d) Henderson Creek

2. What type of dog travels with the protagonist?
(a) Burmese Mountain Dog
(b) Newfoundland
(c) German Shepherd
(d) Husky

3. Jack London's mother was the fifth and youngest child of what Pennsylvania Canal builder?
(a) Marshall Wellman
(b) Albert Thompson
(c) Roger Stevens
(d) Jackson Wright

4. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?
(a) Second-person
(b) Third-person
(c) Fourth-person
(d) First-person

5. At what pace has the protagonist been making his journey when he looks at his watch at 10:00 a.m. in Part II?
(a) 1 mile per hour
(b) 2 miles per hour
(c) 4 miles per hour
(d) 7 miles per hour

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?

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

3. What is contained in the biscuits that the protagonist carries with him for lunch?

4. The narrator states in Part I, “North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken” what?

5. 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?

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