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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On top of the ice of the Yukon is how many feet of snow, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 2
(d) 8

3. The Yukon lay hidden under how many feet of ice, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 12
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 8

4. 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

5. What word refers to “a newcomer to the land” in Part I?
(a) Nenukto
(b) Nuoktuk
(c) Chechaquo
(d) Chenutok

Short Answer Questions

1. At what pace has the protagonist been making his journey when he looks at his watch at 10:00 a.m. in Part II?

2. 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?

3. How wide is the Yukon, according to the narrator in Part I?

4. According to the narrator in Part I, “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible” what “over the face of things”?

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

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