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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The “dark hair-line” of trail visible in Part I is said to be the main trail that leads south how many miles to the Chilcoot Pass?
(a) 500
(b) 235
(c) 120
(d) 895

2. On top of the ice of the Yukon is how many feet of snow, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 3
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) 2

3. How wide is the Yukon, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 500 feet
(b) 350 yards
(c) 1 mile
(d) 1000 yards

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

5. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?
(a) Second-person
(b) First-person
(c) Third-person
(d) Fourth-person

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The protagonist is described in Part I as being “quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in” what?

3. What is contained in the biscuits that the protagonist carries with him for lunch?

4. Jack London's mother was the fifth and youngest child of what Pennsylvania Canal builder?

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

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