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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word from Part V means skillful or artful management?
(a) Peremptorily
(b) Manipulation
(c) Flounder
(d) Conflagration

2. The protagonist recalls the tale of a man who was caught in a blizzard and killed what before climbing into the carcass in Part V?
(a) A caribou
(b) A steer
(c) A musk ox
(d) A horse

3. What does the protagonist do once the fire is a success and he remembers the advice of the old-timer in Part IV?
(a) He scowls
(b) He cries
(c) He smiles
(d) He laughs

4. To Build a Fireis considered to be a reflection of Jack London’s own experiences where?
(a) Norway
(b) Northern Alaska
(c) The Northwestern Yukon Territory
(d) Nova Scotia

5. What refers to the decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a literary plot?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Metaphor
(c) Symbol
(d) Climax

6. The protagonist begins to think that the old-timer was right about what after the snow falls and puts out his fire in Part V?
(a) Traveling with a trail-mate
(b) Letting a dog lead the way
(c) Following the ridgelines
(d) Only traveling in the dark

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

8. The protagonist begins by feeding the fire with twigs the size of what in Part IV?
(a) His arm
(b) His finger
(c) A pencil
(d) A sewing needle

9. How does the protagonist eventually separate the matches in Part V?
(a) With the dogs help
(b) With his nose
(c) With his teeth
(d) By blowing on them

10. According to the narrator in Part IV, “The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after” what?
(a) Fifty below
(b) Thirty below
(c) 0 degrees
(d) Fifteen below

11. 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?
(a) The frost
(b) Nature
(c) Hyperthermia
(d) The Yukon

12. Which word from Part V refers to a large mass of snow, detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward?
(a) Avalanche
(b) Icicle
(c) Igloo
(d) Frazil ice

13. How does the ending of the earlier version of To Build a Firediffer from the later and more popularized version?
(a) The dog dies
(b) Bob arrives
(c) The protagonist lives
(d) The old-timer shows up

14. The protagonist thinks to himself, “those old-timers were rather” what, in Part IV?
(a) Superstitious
(b) Womanish
(c) Cautious
(d) Brave

15. What is the old-timer doing when the protagonist envisions him as he dies in Part VI?
(a) Smoking a pipe
(b) Hunting moose
(c) Reading a book
(d) Panning for gold

Short Answer Questions

1. Mercury was the son of what god in Roman mythology?

2. The protagonist lights his second fire by touching a match to a small shred of what that he takes from his pocket in Part IV?

3. Which word from Part IV means to be grateful or thankful?

4. Which word from Part IV means to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust?

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

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