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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. St. Michael is described as being located by what body of water in Part I?
(a) The Bering Sea
(b) Cook Inlet
(c) The Arctic Ocean
(d) The Gulf of Alaska

2. How many inches of snow cover the furrow of the last runners on the old sled-trail in Part II?
(a) 12
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 9

3. In literature, what refers to the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
(a) Climax
(b) Exposition
(c) Foreshadowing
(d) Rising action

4. In what year did Jack London die?
(a) 1957
(b) 1944
(c) 1916
(d) 1969

5. The protagonist turns aside from what main trail to climb the high earth-bank to a “dim and little-traveled trail” in Part I?
(a) The Yukon trail
(b) The Apache Trail
(c) The Arctic Trail
(d) The Alaska Trail

Short Answer Questions

1. The day is described as having broken exceedingly how in the opening of To Build a Fire?

2. At 12:00 p.m., the sun is at its brightest but it is too far in what direction to clear the horizon?

3. What word refers to “a newcomer to the land” in Part I?

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

5. When the protagonist reaches the top of the steep bank on the little-traveled trail in Part I, he stops to catch his breath and excuses the action by doing what?

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