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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word from Part IV means the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors?
(a) Success
(b) Conflagration
(c) Ancestry
(d) Wistful

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

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

4. What does the protagonist do in order to get the dog to come with him when he departs from eating lunch in Part III?
(a) Claps
(b) Yells
(c) Whistles
(d) Fires a pistol

5. In order to build a fire, the protagonist must do what in Part IV?
(a) Remove his mittens
(b) Remove his watch
(c) Remove his coat
(d) Remove his moccasins

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?

2. Which word from Part III means anticipation of adversity or misfortune?

3. Which word from Part III refers to something that threatens to cause evil, harm or injury?

4. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?

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?

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