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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jack London's mother was the fifth and youngest child of what Pennsylvania Canal builder?
(a) Albert Thompson
(b) Jackson Wright
(c) Roger Stevens
(d) Marshall Wellman

2. The “dark hair-line” of trail visible in Part I is said to be the main trail that leads south how many miles to the Chilcoot Pass?
(a) 500
(b) 895
(c) 235
(d) 120

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

4. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Alberts Creek country
(b) Johnson Creek country
(c) Henderson Creek country
(d) Indian Creek country

5. In literature, what refers to the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
(a) Exposition
(b) Rising action
(c) Foreshadowing
(d) Climax

6. Naturalism was a literary movement that emerged in what decade?
(a) 1910s
(b) 1850s
(c) 1940s
(d) 1880s

7. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Climax
(c) Hyperbole
(d) Irony

8. What color is the dog that travels with the protagonist?
(a) Black
(b) White
(c) Brown
(d) Gray

9. The narrator states in Part III that “there was no keen” what “between the dog and the man”?
(a) Reality
(b) Understanding
(c) Ability
(d) Intimacy

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

11. The narrator states in Part I, “North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken” what?
(a) Snowstorms
(b) Clouds
(c) Rain
(d) White

12. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?
(a) Fourth-person
(b) First-person
(c) Second-person
(d) Third-person

13. 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?
(a) By the lake
(b) At the forks
(c) In the canyon
(d) On the ridge

14. The protagonist had been out in how many cold snaps before, according to the narrator in Part II?
(a) 8
(b) 2
(c) 11
(d) 5

15. According to the narrator in Part I, “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible” what “over the face of things”?
(a) Brightness
(b) Destiny
(c) Cheerfulness
(d) Pall

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the dog yearn toward as the man departs after eating his lunch in Part III?

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

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

4. What refers to the condition in which core temperature drops below the required temperature for normal metabolism and body functions?

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

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