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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which word from Part IV means to be grateful or thankful?
(a) Success
(b) Wistful
(c) Manipulation
(d) Appreciate

3. What refers to an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Climax
(c) Rising action
(d) Symbol

4. The narrator claims that the “trouble with him” is that he is without what in Part I?
(a) Regret
(b) Money
(c) Hope
(d) Imagination

5. In literature, what refers to the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
(a) Rising action
(b) Exposition
(c) Climax
(d) Foreshadowing

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist had been out in how many cold snaps before, according to the narrator in Part II?

2. Which word from Part IV means a large destructive fire?

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

4. What is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different?

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

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