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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist do once he reaches the forks of the creek in Part II?
(a) Stops to eat lunch
(b) Sets a beaver trap
(c) Goes fishing
(d) Sets a lynx trap

2. According to the narrator in Part IV, the “wires were pretty well down between him and his” what?
(a) Finger-ends
(b) Palms
(c) Elbows
(d) Knees

3. The narrator states that the only caresses the dog has known were the caresses of what, in Part III?
(a) The whip-lash
(b) The wind
(c) The rain
(d) Strangers

4. Which of the following is a central theme in To Build a Fire?
(a) Religious persecution
(b) Man versus nature
(c) Forbidden love
(d) Corrupt politics

5. Which word, describing the dog in Part V, means sadly pensive, especially about something yearned for?
(a) Conflagration
(b) Wistful
(c) Flounder
(d) Recoil

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jack London born?

2. How wide is the Yukon, according to the narrator in Part I?

3. What does the protagonist use to ignite his fire in Part III?

4. The protagonist moves on to feed the fire with branches the size of what in Part IV?

5. The protagonist thinks to himself in Part IV, “Any man who was a man could” do what?

(see the answer key)

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