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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist lights his second fire by touching a match to a small shred of what that he takes from his pocket in Part IV?
(a) Cotton cloth
(b) Seal blubber
(c) Birch bark
(d) Oak leaves

2. The protagonist moves on to feed the fire with branches the size of what in Part IV?
(a) His neck
(b) His foot
(c) His wrist
(d) His finger

3. The narrator says of the protagonist in Part II, “He was not much given to thinking, and just then particularly he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch” where?
(a) On the ridge
(b) At the forks
(c) By the lake
(d) In the canyon

4. When the protagonist’s first fire is extinguished and he decides to build a second in Part V, he realizes that he will probably lose what?
(a) Some toes
(b) Both legs
(c) An arm
(d) One foot

5. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?
(a) Third-person
(b) Second-person
(c) Fourth-person
(d) First-person

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word from Part V refers to a large mass of snow, detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward?

2. How far away does the dog run before halting and surveying the protagonist after he releases it in Part V?

3. Which word, describing the dog in Part V, means sadly pensive, especially about something yearned for?

4. On top of the ice of the Yukon is how many feet of snow, according to the narrator in Part I?

5. What does the protagonist intend on rubbing his feet with in Part IV?

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