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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the temperature, according to the narrator in Part II?
(a) 5 degrees
(b) 20 degrees
(c) Negative 10 degrees
(d) Negative 75 degrees

3. What had been the protagonist’s response when the old-timer told him how cold it could get in the country?
(a) He got angry
(b) He thanked him for the warning
(c) He laughed at him
(d) He cried

4. In literature, what refers to the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
(a) Climax
(b) Foreshadowing
(c) Exposition
(d) Rising action

5. The narrator says of the protagonist in Part II, “He was not much given to thinking, and just then particularly he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch” where?
(a) At the forks
(b) In the canyon
(c) On the ridge
(d) By the lake

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?

3. What color are the protagonist’s beard and moustache?

4. What does the protagonist do once he reaches the forks of the creek in Part II?

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

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