To Build a Fire Test | Final Test - Easy

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To Build a Fire Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An earlier version of To Build a Firewas first printed in The Youth’s Companion in which year?
(a) 1947
(b) 1902
(c) 1893
(d) 1928

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

3. Where does the dog go in the end of the story?
(a) Toward the springs
(b) Down the river
(c) Toward the camp
(d) Into the mountains

4. The narrator states in Part IV, “Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had” what?
(a) Kept his composure
(b) Been lucky
(c) Triumphed over nature
(d) Saved himself

5. Mercury is often depicted holding what in his left hand?
(a) A cistellatrix
(b) A lectisternium
(c) The caduceus
(d) The Bacchanalia

6. According to the narrator in Part VI, “never in the dog's experience had it known a man to sit like that in the snow and” do what?
(a) Be silent
(b) Make no fire
(c) Cry
(d) Not move

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

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

9. According to the narrator in Part IV, the “wires were pretty well down between him and his” what?
(a) Palms
(b) Elbows
(c) Knees
(d) Finger-ends

10. What thought puts the protagonist in a panic as he tries to light his second fire in Part V?
(a) His feet are freezing
(b) He is losing his vision
(c) The dog will eat him
(d) He is hearing voices

11. Which word from Part IV means inanimate or dead?
(a) Jovial
(b) Lifeless
(c) Meditation
(d) Regal

12. How does the protagonist become aware that his hand is on fire in Part V?
(a) The feeling
(b) The sight
(c) The sound
(d) The smell

13. What simile occurs to the protagonist regarding his behavior in panicking in Part VI?
(a) Burning like a meteor
(b) Going dark like a grand eclipse
(c) Like shooting fish in a barrel
(d) Running around like a chicken with its head cut off

14. The story, although not directly stated, is suggested to take place during what time period?
(a) 1940s
(b) 1920s
(c) 1890s
(d) 1850s

15. The popularized second version of To Build a Firewas published in what year?
(a) 1899
(b) 1908
(c) 1880
(d) 1927

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The dog goes to find what in the end of the story?

3. Who had told the protagonist about the dangers of being wet in such cold temperatures?

4. According to the narrator in Part IV, “The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after” what?

5. The protagonist wonders if Mercury felt as he does doing what in Part VI?

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