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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of dog travels with the protagonist?
(a) Husky
(b) German Shepherd
(c) Newfoundland
(d) Burmese Mountain Dog

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

3. What does the narrator say depresses the dog that travels with the protagonist in Part II?
(a) The man
(b) The dark
(c) The ice
(d) The cold

4. What does the narrator refer to the dog as in Part III?
(a) A primal hunter
(b) A loyal companion
(c) A dumb beast
(d) A toil-slave

5. What is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different?
(a) Hyperregulation
(b) Hydroregulation
(c) Thermoregulation
(d) Hyporegulation

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what pace has the protagonist been making his journey when he looks at his watch at 10:00 a.m. in Part II?

3. What does the protagonist use to ignite his fire in Part III?

4. 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?

5. Which of the following is a central theme in To Build a Fire?

(see the answer key)

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