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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Part I, “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible” what “over the face of things”?
(a) Destiny
(b) Pall
(c) Cheerfulness
(d) Brightness

2. What does the dog yearn toward as the man departs after eating his lunch in Part III?
(a) The forest
(b) A snow cave
(c) The cloth that the biscuits were wrapped with
(d) The fire

3. At what time exactly does the protagonist arrive at the forks of the creek in Part II?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 12:30 p.m.

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

5. What does the protagonist realize he’s forgotten to do when he stops to eat his lunch in Part III?
(a) Build a fire
(b) Build a shelter
(c) Drink water
(d) Say a prayer

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word from Part V refers to a large mass of snow, detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward?

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

3. What does the narrator say the dog has learned and wants in Part II?

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

5. The protagonist thinks to himself, “those old-timers were rather” what, in Part IV?

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