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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?
(a) 1897
(b) 1872
(c) 1845
(d) 1912

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

3. Jack London's mother was the fifth and youngest child of what Pennsylvania Canal builder?
(a) Roger Stevens
(b) Marshall Wellman
(c) Jackson Wright
(d) Albert Thompson

4. 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?
(a) Looking at his watch
(b) Petting the dog
(c) Eating his lunch
(d) Listening for a sound

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The protagonist turns aside from what main trail to climb the high earth-bank to a “dim and little-traveled trail” in Part I?

3. The Yukon lay hidden under how many feet of ice, according to the narrator in Part I?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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