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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 shoves the dog in order to make it do what in Part II?
(a) Walk behind him
(b) Lay down
(c) Walk ahead of him
(d) Howl

2. How wide is the Yukon, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) 500 feet
(b) 1 mile
(c) 1000 yards
(d) 350 yards

3. What does the protagonist use to ignite his fire in Part III?
(a) A match
(b) A magnifying glass
(c) A gun
(d) A piece of flint

4. What does the protagonist plan to remove by the fire to dry in Part IV?
(a) His footgear
(b) His hat
(c) His watch
(d) His coat

5. What of the protagonist’s “ebbed away and sank down into the recesses of his body” in Part IV?
(a) His blood
(b) His spirit
(c) His warmth
(d) His thoughts

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jack London’s family settle in 1886?

2. The protagonist thinks to himself in Part IV, “All a man had to do was” what “and he was all right”?

3. The day is described as having broken exceedingly how in the opening of To Build a Fire?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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