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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word from Part V refers to a large mass of snow, detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward?
(a) Avalanche
(b) Igloo
(c) Frazil ice
(d) Icicle

2. What does the protagonist drop in the snow as he attempts to build his second fire in Part V?
(a) The matches
(b) His watch
(c) His knife
(d) The birch bark

3. The narrator states in Part V that the dog looks to the protagonist as what?
(a) The fire-provider
(b) The water-maker
(c) The belly-rubber
(d) The navigator

4. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?
(a) Henderson Creek country
(b) Alberts Creek country
(c) Indian Creek country
(d) Johnson Creek country

5. The dog goes to find what in the end of the story?
(a) The companionship of other dogs
(b) A new owner in town
(c) Shelter in the forest
(d) Other food-providers and fire-providers

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of the story is omitted in the earlier version of To Build a Fire?

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

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. According to the narrator in Part IV, the “wires were pretty well down between him and his” what?

5. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?

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