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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What had been the protagonist’s response when the old-timer told him how cold it could get in the country?
(a) He laughed at him
(b) He cried
(c) He got angry
(d) He thanked him for the warning

3. The protagonist steps through the ice and wets himself how high in Part IV?
(a) To the elbows
(b) To the waist
(c) Halfway to the knees
(d) Halfway up the thighs

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

5. When was Jack London born?
(a) 1921
(b) 1876
(c) 1907
(d) 1892

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Jack London die?

2. In literature, what are exaggerations to create emphasis or effect?

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

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

5. The protagonist anticipates arriving to meet the boys at the campsite by what time in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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