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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say the dog has learned and wants in Part II?
(a) Fire
(b) Water
(c) Companionship
(d) Food

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

3. The protagonist anticipates arriving to meet the boys at the campsite by what time in Part I?
(a) 3:30 p.m.
(b) 6:00 p.m.
(c) 8:30 p.m.
(d) 10:00 p.m.

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

5. What time is it in the beginning of To Build a Fire?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 11:15 a.m.
(c) 4:45 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator claims in Part I that fifty degrees below zero means what degrees of frost?

2. The protagonist experiences a pang of regret that he had not devised what object that Bud wears in cold snaps in Part II?

3. What does the protagonist realize he’s forgotten to do when he stops to eat his lunch in Part III?

4. The protagonist shoves the dog in order to make it do what in Part II?

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

(see the answer key)

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