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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what pace has the protagonist been making his journey when he looks at his watch at 10:00 a.m. in Part II?
(a) 2 miles per hour
(b) 4 miles per hour
(c) 1 mile per hour
(d) 7 miles per hour

2. Which word from Part III means anticipation of adversity or misfortune?
(a) Irony
(b) Apprehension
(c) Conflagration
(d) Peremptorily

3. What is the temperature, according to the narrator in Part II?
(a) Negative 10 degrees
(b) 20 degrees
(c) Negative 75 degrees
(d) 5 degrees

4. According to the narrator in Part IV, “The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after” what?
(a) Fifteen below
(b) Thirty below
(c) 0 degrees
(d) Fifty below

5. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Johnson Creek country
(b) Alberts Creek country
(c) Indian Creek country
(d) Henderson Creek country

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Part I, “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible” what “over the face of things”?

2. The narrator claims in Part I that fifty degrees below zero means what degrees of frost?

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

4. What refers to the decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a literary plot?

5. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?

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