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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word from Part V means adequate for the purpose?
(a) Success
(b) Apathetic
(c) Wistful
(d) Sufficient

2. What is contained in the biscuits that the protagonist carries with him for lunch?
(a) Blueberries
(b) Salmon
(c) Bacon
(d) Salmonberries

3. St. Michael is described as being located by what body of water in Part I?
(a) Cook Inlet
(b) The Bering Sea
(c) The Gulf of Alaska
(d) The Arctic Ocean

4. What location is 1,000 miles north along the “dark hair-line” of the main trail visible in Part I?
(a) Nulato
(b) Inuvik
(c) Whitehorse
(d) Beaver Creek

5. Which of the following stylistic elements is used throughout To Build a Fire?
(a) Flashback
(b) Repetition
(c) Literary allusion
(d) Biblical allusion

Short Answer Questions

1. The trek that the protagonist takes is expected to last how long?

2. The protagonist thinks to himself as he dies in Part VI, “When he got back to the States he could tell the folks” what?

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

4. Mercury is often depicted holding what in his left hand?

5. What had been the protagonist’s response when the old-timer told him how cold it could get in the country?

(see the answer key)

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