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

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 was Jack London born?
(a) Oakland, California
(b) Los Angeles, California
(c) San Francisco, California
(d) Arcata, California

3. The day is described as having broken exceedingly how in the opening of To Build a Fire?
(a) Sunny and warm
(b) Misty and wet
(c) Cold and gray
(d) Cloudy and miserable

4. What is contained in the biscuits that the protagonist carries with him for lunch?
(a) Salmonberries
(b) Salmon
(c) Blueberries
(d) Bacon

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. In what year did Jack London die?

2. What time is it in the beginning of To Build a Fire?

3. The narrator states in Part I, “North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken” what?

4. What location is 1,000 miles north along the “dark hair-line” of the main trail visible in Part I?

5. Where did Jack London’s family settle in 1886?

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