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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?
(a) Birds
(b) Warmth
(c) Stars
(d) Sun

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?
(a) The actions
(b) The significances
(c) The lessons
(d) The beauty

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

4. St. Michael is described as being located by what body of water in Part I?
(a) The Bering Sea
(b) The Arctic Ocean
(c) The Gulf of Alaska
(d) Cook Inlet

5. The protagonist is bound for an old claim on the left fork of what in To Build a Fire?
(a) Alberts Creek
(b) Indian Creek
(c) Henderson Creek
(d) Johnson Creek

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Jack London born?

3. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?

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

5. Where was Jack London born?

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