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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that the only caresses the dog has known were the caresses of what, in Part III?
(a) The rain
(b) The wind
(c) Strangers
(d) The whip-lash

2. When was Jack London born?
(a) 1921
(b) 1892
(c) 1907
(d) 1876

3. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?
(a) Runs away
(b) Curls into a ball
(c) Tries to chew the ice out
(d) Licks its legs

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist realize he’s forgotten to do when he stops to eat his lunch in Part III?

2. What is the temperature, according to the narrator in Part II?

3. The protagonist is bound for an old claim on the left fork of what in To Build a Fire?

4. Where did Jack London’s family settle in 1886?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the advice of the old-timer perceived by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?

2. Where is the protagonist traveling in the story? What supplies does he carry?

3. What causes the protagonist to experience fear when he stops to eat lunch in Part III?

4. How does the narrator describe the protagonist’s experience of the cold in Part III?

5. How does the protagonist act in the face of the obstacles at Henderson Creek?

6. Why does the protagonist eat quickly when he stops for lunch in Part III?

7. What literary purpose does the dog serve in To Build a Fire?

8. What danger does the protagonist encounter at Henderson Creek in Part II?

9. What advice did the old-timer give to the protagonist?

10. What role does the old-timer play in the narrative?

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