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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The protagonist experiences a pang of regret that he had not devised what object that Bud wears in cold snaps in Part II?
(a) A nose-strap
(b) A musk ox mask
(c) Caribou pants
(d) A hat with flaps

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

4. The “dark hair-line” of trail visible in Part I is said to be the main trail that leads north 70 miles to what location?
(a) Dawson
(b) Fairbanks
(c) Moosejaw
(d) Anchorage

5. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Indian Creek country
(b) Johnson Creek country
(c) Alberts Creek country
(d) Henderson Creek country

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist chew as he travels in the narrative?

2. What type of dog travels with the protagonist?

3. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?

4. What does the protagonist realize he’s forgotten to do when he stops to eat his lunch in Part III?

5. The narrator says of the protagonist in Part II, “He was not much given to thinking, and just then particularly he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch” where?

(see the answer key)

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