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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story, although not directly stated, is suggested to take place during what time period?
(a) 1920s
(b) 1890s
(c) 1850s
(d) 1940s

2. The protagonist thinks to himself in Part IV, “All a man had to do was” what “and he was all right”?
(a) Keep his head
(b) Work with nature
(c) Remember his training
(d) Pay attention

3. When the protagonist’s second fire fails, he decides to attempt to do what with the dog?
(a) Follow it
(b) Kill it
(c) Feed it
(d) Send it for help

4. Which word from Part IV means to be grateful or thankful?
(a) Appreciate
(b) Wistful
(c) Success
(d) Manipulation

5. The protagonist wonders if Mercury felt as he does doing what in Part VI?
(a) Skimming over the earth
(b) Crashing and burning
(c) Trudging through the snow
(d) Soaring like a bird

6. What of the protagonist’s “ebbed away and sank down into the recesses of his body” in Part IV?
(a) His spirit
(b) His thoughts
(c) His warmth
(d) His blood

7. How many times does the protagonist strike the match before lighting it in Part V?
(a) 8
(b) 15
(c) 3
(d) 20

8. What are the shoes called that the protagonist wears in the narrative?
(a) Moccasins
(b) Mukluks
(c) Sneakers
(d) Clogs

9. Which word from Part IV means situated at some distance away?
(a) Remote
(b) Proximity
(c) Urban
(d) Latitude

10. The protagonist pictures the boys doing what the next day as he drifts into death in Part VI?
(a) Praying for his safety
(b) Contacting law enforcement officials
(c) Finding his body
(d) Worrying about him

11. Which word from Part IV means to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust?
(a) Recoil
(b) Manipulation
(c) Flounder
(d) Success

12. When the protagonist’s first fire is extinguished and he decides to build a second in Part V, he realizes that he will probably lose what?
(a) Both legs
(b) An arm
(c) One foot
(d) Some toes

13. In order to build a fire, the protagonist must do what in Part IV?
(a) Remove his watch
(b) Remove his moccasins
(c) Remove his coat
(d) Remove his mittens

14. When the protagonist falls a second time and the dog sits in front of him, how does the protagonist feel about the “warmth and security of the animal” in Part VI?
(a) Content
(b) Jealous
(c) Sickened
(d) Angered

15. What kind of weapon does the protagonist carry?
(a) A sheath-knife
(b) A machete
(c) A pistol
(d) A rifle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist begin to do after panicking in Part VI?

2. 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?

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

4. The following sentence is an example of which literary technique: “It was as though he had just heard his own sentence of death”?

5. The popularized second version of To Build a Firewas published in what year?

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