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

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

3. What time is it in the beginning of To Build a Fire?
(a) 11:15 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 4:45 a.m.

4. Where is the old-timer from that the protagonist recalls in Part III?
(a) Bighorn Ranch
(b) Bear Mountain
(c) Sulphur Creek
(d) Crystal Springs

5. What had been the protagonist’s response when the old-timer told him how cold it could get in the country?
(a) He cried
(b) He thanked him for the warning
(c) He got angry
(d) He laughed at him

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an obstacle located outside the protagonist, including nature, the supernatural, or society?

2. The narrator claims in Part I that fifty degrees below zero means what degrees of frost?

3. What does the narrator say depresses the dog that travels with the protagonist in Part II?

4. The day is described as having broken exceedingly how in the opening of To Build a Fire?

5. On top of the ice of the Yukon is how many feet of snow, according to the narrator in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When and where was Jack London born? Who were his parents?

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

5. What are the most significant elements of the setting of To Build a Fire?

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

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

8. What is symbolized by the lack of a shadow cast by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?

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

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

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