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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. After departing from his lunch break, the protagonist sees no signs of springs for how long?
(a) 30 minutes
(b) 10 minutes
(c) 3 hours
(d) 1 hours

2. In literature, what are exaggerations to create emphasis or effect?
(a) Hyperboles
(b) Metaphors
(c) Foreshadowing
(d) Ironies

3. After departing from eating his lunch, the protagonist travels along which body of water?
(a) Henderson Creek
(b) Tenaya Creek
(c) Boulder Creek
(d) Sulphur Creek

4. The protagonist anticipates arriving to meet the boys at the campsite by what time in Part I?
(a) 6:00 p.m.
(b) 3:30 p.m.
(c) 8:30 p.m.
(d) 10:00 p.m.

5. What refers to an incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result?
(a) External conflict
(b) Irony
(c) Metaphor
(d) Symbol

Short Answer Questions

1. What location is 1,000 miles north along the “dark hair-line” of the main trail visible in Part I?

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

3. The protagonist had been out in how many cold snaps before, according to the narrator in Part II?

4. What refers to an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself?

5. The protagonist experiences a pang of regret that he had not devised what object that Bud wears in cold snaps in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the point of view of the narrative in To Build a Fire?

2. What were Jack London’s experiences like during the Klondike Gold Rush?

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

4. How is the protagonist described by the narrator in Part I?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the setting of To Build a Fire?What clues indicate this setting?

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