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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the protagonist reaches the top of the steep bank on the little-traveled trail in Part I, he stops to catch his breath and excuses the action by doing what?
(a) Looking at his watch
(b) Listening for a sound
(c) Petting the dog
(d) Eating his lunch

2. The narrator states that the only caresses the dog has known were the caresses of what, in Part III?
(a) The rain
(b) Strangers
(c) The whip-lash
(d) The wind

3. What does the protagonist do to help the dog after it falls through the ice in Part II?
(a) Warms the dog against his bare skin
(b) Builds a fire
(c) Helps to remove the ice from its paws
(d) Puts his mittens on the dog

4. What does the narrator refer to the dog as in Part III?
(a) A dumb beast
(b) A primal hunter
(c) A toil-slave
(d) A loyal companion

5. What is significant about the protagonist’s spittle crackling in Part I?
(a) It doesn’t leave his lips
(b) It is blue
(c) It cracks mid-air
(d) It doesn’t melt

6. What does the narrator say depresses the dog that travels with the protagonist in Part II?
(a) The dark
(b) The cold
(c) The man
(d) The ice

7. What type of dog travels with the protagonist?
(a) German Shepherd
(b) Burmese Mountain Dog
(c) Husky
(d) Newfoundland

8. Jack London's mother was the fifth and youngest child of what Pennsylvania Canal builder?
(a) Roger Stevens
(b) Jackson Wright
(c) Marshall Wellman
(d) Albert Thompson

9. What color are the protagonist’s beard and moustache?
(a) Black
(b) Blonde
(c) Red
(d) White

10. The protagonist is bound for an old claim on the left fork of what in To Build a Fire?
(a) Henderson Creek
(b) Indian Creek
(c) Alberts Creek
(d) Johnson Creek

11. The narrator states in Part III that “there was no keen” what “between the dog and the man”?
(a) Understanding
(b) Ability
(c) Reality
(d) Intimacy

12. In what year did Jack London die?
(a) 1969
(b) 1957
(c) 1944
(d) 1916

13. Where was Jack London born?
(a) Los Angeles, California
(b) San Francisco, California
(c) Oakland, California
(d) Arcata, California

14. The trek that the protagonist takes is expected to last how long?
(a) 14 hours
(b) 5 hours
(c) 2 hours
(d) 9 hours

15. After departing from his lunch break, the protagonist sees no signs of springs for how long?
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 30 minutes
(c) 3 hours
(d) 1 hours

Short Answer Questions

1. What location is 1,000 miles north along the “dark hair-line” of the main trail visible in Part I?

2. What refers to an obstacle located outside the protagonist, including nature, the supernatural, or society?

3. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?

4. The narrator says of the protagonist in Part II, “He was not much given to thinking, and just then particularly he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch” where?

5. The narrator states in Part I that the protagonist is used to the lack of what?

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