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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What element of the story is omitted in the earlier version of To Build a Fire?
(a) The dog
(b) The old-timer
(c) The knife
(d) The cold

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

4. Which word from Part IV means situated at some distance away?
(a) Urban
(b) Latitude
(c) Proximity
(d) Remote

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

Short Answer Questions

1. St. Michael is described as being located by what body of water in Part I?

2. The protagonist agitates the tree above him every time he does what in Part V?

3. In order to build a fire, the protagonist must do what in Part IV?

4. How does the ending of the earlier version of To Build a Firediffer from the later and more popularized version?

5. What is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is the same as another otherwise unrelated object?

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