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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. What is contained in the biscuits that the protagonist carries with him for lunch?
(a) Bacon
(b) Salmon
(c) Salmonberries
(d) Blueberries

2. What word refers to “a newcomer to the land” in Part I?
(a) Nuoktuk
(b) Chenutok
(c) Nenukto
(d) Chechaquo

3. When the protagonist gets up to leave after his lunch, he takes the creek trail in which direction in Part III?
(a) Up the left fork
(b) Downstream
(c) Up the center fork
(d) Up the right fork

4. The protagonist steps through the ice and wets himself how high in Part IV?
(a) To the waist
(b) To the elbows
(c) Halfway to the knees
(d) Halfway up the thighs

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is the same as another otherwise unrelated object?

2. What does the protagonist do in order to regain feeling in his feet in Part III?

3. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?

4. What does the narrator say the dog has learned and wants in Part II?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What stylistic elements characterize To Build a Fire?Give examples in your answer.

2. What does the dog do after falling through the ice in Part II? How does the protagonist help?

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

4. At what time does the story open?Who is present in the opening paragraphs of the story?

5. How is the relationship between the protagonist and the dog significant to the plot of the story?

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

7. What does the protagonist do after eating his lunch in Part III? How does the dog respond?

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

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

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

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