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

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

2. The narrator claims that the “trouble with him” is that he is without what in Part I?
(a) Imagination
(b) Regret
(c) Money
(d) Hope

3. St. Michael is described as being located by what body of water in Part I?
(a) The Gulf of Alaska
(b) The Bering Sea
(c) The Arctic Ocean
(d) Cook Inlet

4. What does the dog yearn toward as the man departs after eating his lunch in Part III?
(a) The cloth that the biscuits were wrapped with
(b) The fire
(c) A snow cave
(d) The forest

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

Short Answer Questions

1. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?

2. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?

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

4. The protagonist is bound for an old claim on the left fork of what in To Build a Fire?

5. The only supply the protagonist is carrying with him on his journey is what?

(see the answer key)

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