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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. Jack London's mother was the fifth and youngest child of what Pennsylvania Canal builder?
(a) Albert Thompson
(b) Marshall Wellman
(c) Jackson Wright
(d) Roger Stevens

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

4. What location is 1,000 miles north along the “dark hair-line” of the main trail visible in Part I?
(a) Beaver Creek
(b) Whitehorse
(c) Nulato
(d) Inuvik

5. When the protagonist gets up to leave after his lunch, he takes the creek trail in which direction in Part III?
(a) Up the right fork
(b) Downstream
(c) Up the left fork
(d) Up the center fork

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the principle form of conflict faced by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?

2. What color is the dog that travels with the protagonist?

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

4. The trek that the protagonist takes is expected to last how long?

5. The dog’s instincts tell him that walking in this cold is not good and that it is the time to do what, in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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