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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist turns aside from what main trail to climb the high earth-bank to a “dim and little-traveled trail” in Part I?
(a) The Yukon trail
(b) The Arctic Trail
(c) The Alaska Trail
(d) The Apache Trail

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

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

4. How does the protagonist eventually separate the matches in Part V?
(a) With his teeth
(b) With his nose
(c) By blowing on them
(d) With the dogs help

5. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?
(a) Third-person
(b) Second-person
(c) First-person
(d) Fourth-person

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist do to help the dog after it falls through the ice in Part II?

2. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?

3. What does the protagonist do once the fire is a success and he remembers the advice of the old-timer in Part IV?

4. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story?

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

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