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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time exactly does the protagonist arrive at the forks of the creek in Part II?
(a) 11:00 a.m.
(b) 6:30 a.m.
(c) 12:30 p.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

2. Where did Jack London’s family settle in 1886?
(a) Arcata, California
(b) San Francisco, California
(c) Oakland, California
(d) Los Angeles, California

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

4. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?
(a) First-person
(b) Third-person
(c) Second-person
(d) Fourth-person

5. 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) Rising action
(c) Exposition
(d) Foreshadowing

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to “a newcomer to the land” in Part I?

2. How many inches of snow cover the furrow of the last runners on the old sled-trail in Part II?

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

4. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?

5. What type of dog travels with the protagonist?

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