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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the protagonist realize he’s forgotten to do when he stops to eat his lunch in Part III?
(a) Build a shelter
(b) Drink water
(c) Say a prayer
(d) Build a fire

3. The protagonist experiences a pang of regret that he had not devised what object that Bud wears in cold snaps in Part II?
(a) A nose-strap
(b) A musk ox mask
(c) Caribou pants
(d) A hat with flaps

4. 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) 2 miles per hour
(b) 4 miles per hour
(c) 1 mile per hour
(d) 7 miles per hour

5. What does the protagonist do once he reaches the forks of the creek in Part II?
(a) Stops to eat lunch
(b) Goes fishing
(c) Sets a lynx trap
(d) Sets a beaver trap

Short Answer Questions

1. How many inches of snow cover the furrow of the last runners on the old sled-trail in Part II?

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

3. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?

4. What refers to an incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result?

5. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?

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