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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The significances
(b) The lessons
(c) The beauty
(d) The actions

2. When the protagonist reaches Henderson Creek in Part II, he knows he is how far from the forks?
(a) 2 miles
(b) 17 miles
(c) 10 miles
(d) 4 miles

3. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?
(a) Tries to chew the ice out
(b) Runs away
(c) Curls into a ball
(d) Licks its legs

4. In what year did Jack London die?
(a) 1957
(b) 1969
(c) 1916
(d) 1944

5. The narrator states that the only caresses the dog has known were the caresses of what, in Part III?
(a) The rain
(b) The wind
(c) Strangers
(d) The whip-lash

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?

3. What is the temperature, according to the narrator in Part II?

4. What is the principle form of conflict faced by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?

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

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