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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist anticipates arriving to meet the boys at the campsite by what time in Part I?
(a) 10:00 p.m.
(b) 3:30 p.m.
(c) 8:30 p.m.
(d) 6:00 p.m.

2. Where did Jack London’s family settle in 1886?
(a) Oakland, California
(b) Arcata, California
(c) Los Angeles, California
(d) San Francisco, California

3. The protagonist thinks to himself in Part IV, “Any man who was a man could” do what?
(a) Travel alone
(b) Mine gold
(c) Build a fire
(d) Survive a storm

4. The narrator claims that the “trouble with him” is that he is without what in Part I?
(a) Hope
(b) Money
(c) Regret
(d) Imagination

5. What is the principle form of conflict faced by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?
(a) Internal conflict
(b) External conflict
(c) Relational conflict
(d) Manipulation

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist is bound for an old claim on the left fork of what in To Build a Fire?

2. What does the dog yearn toward as the man departs after eating his lunch in Part III?

3. Where is the old-timer from that the protagonist recalls in Part III?

4. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?

5. The protagonist begins by feeding the fire with twigs the size of what in Part IV?

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