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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?
(a) Warmth
(b) Birds
(c) Sun
(d) Stars

2. What kind of socks does the protagonist wear in Part IV?
(a) Mexican
(b) Canadian
(c) French
(d) German

3. The protagonist is bound for an old claim on the left fork of what in To Build a Fire?
(a) Alberts Creek
(b) Johnson Creek
(c) Henderson Creek
(d) Indian Creek

4. What is the principle form of conflict faced by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?
(a) External conflict
(b) Manipulation
(c) Relational conflict
(d) Internal conflict

5. The protagonist’s socks are described as being like what “halfway to the knees” in Part IV?
(a) Clenched fists
(b) Quicksand
(c) A cast
(d) Sheaths of iron

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In literature, what refers to an incompatibility in how two or more individuals relate to one another?

3. What is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is the same as another otherwise unrelated object?

4. The protagonist’s mistake is having built his fire under what, in Part V?

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

(see the answer key)

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