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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?
(a) It cracks mid-air
(b) It doesn’t melt
(c) It is blue
(d) It doesn’t leave his lips

2. When was Jack London born?
(a) 1892
(b) 1907
(c) 1921
(d) 1876

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

4. 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) Brightness
(c) Pall
(d) Cheerfulness

5. The narrator claims in Part I that fifty degrees below zero means what degrees of frost?
(a) Fifty-odd
(b) Forty-odd
(c) Twenty-odd
(d) Eighty-odd

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?

5. St. Michael is described as being located by what body of water in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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