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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the dog yearn toward as the man departs after eating his lunch in Part III?
(a) The cloth that the biscuits were wrapped with
(b) The fire
(c) A snow cave
(d) The forest

3. What refers to the decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a literary plot?
(a) Climax
(b) Metaphor
(c) Symbol
(d) Foreshadowing

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

5. After departing from eating his lunch, the protagonist travels along which body of water?
(a) Sulphur Creek
(b) Boulder Creek
(c) Tenaya Creek
(d) Henderson Creek

Short Answer Questions

1. The strings of the protagonist’s shoes are described as being like what in Part IV?

2. What does the protagonist do after finishing his lunch in Part III?

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

4. The only supply the protagonist is carrying with him on his journey is what?

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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