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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mercury was a messenger in Roman mythology who wore what?
(a) An invisible cape
(b) A silver helmet
(c) A golden crown
(d) Winged sandals

2. Which word describing the protagonist in Part VI means to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements?
(a) Manipulation
(b) Flounder
(c) Apprehension
(d) Recoil

3. How many matches go up in flame at once in Part V?
(a) 12
(b) 70
(c) 124
(d) 45

4. According to the narrator in Part II, no man had come up or down the silent creek that the protagonist travels on in how long?
(a) 3 weeks
(b) Two days
(c) 1 week
(d) A month

5. The scent of what makes the dog back away and bristle in the end of Part VI?
(a) Urine
(b) Biscuits
(c) Death
(d) Burnt flesh

Short Answer Questions

1. To Build a Fireis considered to be a reflection of Jack London’s own experiences where?

2. When the protagonist’s second fire fails, he decides to attempt to do what with the dog?

3. What kind of socks does the protagonist wear in Part IV?

4. The narrator states of the protagonist in Part VI, “This time the shivering came more quickly upon the man. He was losing in his battle with” what?

5. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?

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