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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?
(a) Rocks
(b) Springs
(c) The sun
(d) Branches

2. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?
(a) 1872
(b) 1845
(c) 1912
(d) 1897

3. The only supply the protagonist is carrying with him on his journey is what?
(a) A handgun
(b) His lunch
(c) A sled
(d) A rifle

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

5. Where did Jack London’s family settle in 1886?
(a) Los Angeles, California
(b) San Francisco, California
(c) Oakland, California
(d) Arcata, California

6. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?
(a) Warmth
(b) Sun
(c) Stars
(d) Birds

7. At 12:00 p.m., the sun is at its brightest but it is too far in what direction to clear the horizon?
(a) North
(b) East
(c) South
(d) West

8. What refers to an obstacle located outside the protagonist, including nature, the supernatural, or society?
(a) Manipulation
(b) Relational conflict
(c) External conflict
(d) Internal conflict

9. The protagonist experiences a pang of regret that he had not devised what object that Bud wears in cold snaps in Part II?
(a) A hat with flaps
(b) A nose-strap
(c) A musk ox mask
(d) Caribou pants

10. At what pace has the protagonist been making his journey when he looks at his watch at 10:00 a.m. in Part II?
(a) 7 miles per hour
(b) 1 mile per hour
(c) 2 miles per hour
(d) 4 miles per hour

11. What type of point-of-view in literature allows the reader to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, and feelings?
(a) Constructive
(b) Omniscient
(c) Invasive
(d) Limited

12. In what year did Jack London die?
(a) 1916
(b) 1957
(c) 1969
(d) 1944

13. The narrator claims in Part I that fifty degrees below zero means what degrees of frost?
(a) Forty-odd
(b) Twenty-odd
(c) Fifty-odd
(d) Eighty-odd

14. When the protagonist gets up to leave after his lunch, he takes the creek trail in which direction in Part III?
(a) Up the left fork
(b) Downstream
(c) Up the right fork
(d) Up the center fork

15. 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?
(a) Burrow in the snow
(b) Hide behind a windbreak
(c) Curl up behind a tree
(d) Lay in the sun

Short Answer Questions

1. Naturalism was a literary movement that emerged in what decade?

2. What time is it in the beginning of To Build a Fire?

3. What color is the dog that travels with the protagonist?

4. What does the protagonist do after finishing his lunch in Part III?

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

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