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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?
(a) Springs
(b) Rocks
(c) Branches
(d) The sun

2. The protagonist turns aside from what main trail to climb the high earth-bank to a “dim and little-traveled trail” in Part I?
(a) The Yukon trail
(b) The Alaska Trail
(c) The Arctic Trail
(d) The Apache Trail

3. What does the narrator say the dog has learned and wants in Part II?
(a) Water
(b) Fire
(c) Companionship
(d) Food

4. The trek that the protagonist takes is expected to last how long?
(a) 14 hours
(b) 9 hours
(c) 2 hours
(d) 5 hours

5. What does the protagonist do after finishing his lunch in Part III?
(a) Drinks some whiskey
(b) Lights a pipe
(c) Watches the clouds
(d) Takes a nap

Short Answer Questions

1. Naturalism was a literary movement that emerged in what decade?

2. The protagonist experiences a pang of regret that he had not devised what object that Bud wears in cold snaps in Part II?

3. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?

4. 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?

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

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