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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?
(a) 1872
(b) 1845
(c) 1897
(d) 1912

2. 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) Cheerfulness
(b) Destiny
(c) Brightness
(d) Pall

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where was Jack London born?

3. What type of point-of-view in literature allows the reader to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, and feelings?

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

5. What does the protagonist do after finishing his lunch in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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