View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims that the “trouble with him” is that he is without what in Part I?
(a) Imagination
(b) Hope
(c) Regret
(d) Money

2. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?
(a) It doesn’t melt
(b) It is blue
(c) It doesn’t leave his lips
(d) It cracks mid-air

3. At what pace has the protagonist been making his journey when he looks at his watch at 10:00 a.m. in Part II?
(a) 4 miles per hour
(b) 2 miles per hour
(c) 7 miles per hour
(d) 1 mile per hour

4. Which word from Part III refers to pedigree, genealogy or stock?
(a) Flounder
(b) Apathetic
(c) Ancestry
(d) Wistful

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the condition in which core temperature drops below the required temperature for normal metabolism and body functions?

2. The trek that the protagonist takes is expected to last how long?

3. According to the narrator in Part II, no man had come up or down the silent creek that the protagonist travels on in how long?

4. Which of the following is a central theme in To Build a Fire?

5. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does the protagonist decide to eat lunch in the narrative? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is the dog described in To Build a Fire?What is his relationship to the protagonist?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 819 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample