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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Alberts Creek country
(b) Henderson Creek country
(c) Indian Creek country
(d) Johnson Creek country

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

4. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?
(a) The fool
(b) The man
(c) The wanderer
(d) The explorer

5. What does the protagonist realize he’s forgotten to do when he stops to eat his lunch in Part III?
(a) Drink water
(b) Say a prayer
(c) Build a shelter
(d) Build a fire

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How wide is the Yukon, according to the narrator in Part I?

4. The narrator states in Part II that given that the freezing-point is 32 degrees above zero, the degrees of frost obtained as the protagonist travels is what?

5. The narrator claims that the “trouble with him” is that he is without what in Part I?

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