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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word from Part V means skillful or artful management?
(a) Peremptorily
(b) Conflagration
(c) Flounder
(d) Manipulation

2. What other word does the narrator use for sulphur in Part V?
(a) Brimstone
(b) Thermastone
(c) Keystone
(d) Sparkstone

3. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?
(a) The explorer
(b) The wanderer
(c) The man
(d) The fool

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

5. What does the protagonist use to ignite his fire in Part III?
(a) A magnifying glass
(b) A piece of flint
(c) A match
(d) A gun

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself?

2. According to the narrator in Part I, “It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible” what “over the face of things”?

3. When the protagonist’s first fire is extinguished and he decides to build a second in Part V, he realizes that he will probably lose what?

4. Which word from Part IV means a large destructive fire?

5. The protagonist recalls the tale of a man who was caught in a blizzard and killed what before climbing into the carcass in Part V?

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