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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What drug does the protagonist compare to the onset of death in Part VI?
(a) Anesthetic
(b) Narcotic
(c) Barbiturate
(d) Psychedelic

4. Which word used to describe the protagonist in Part V means having or showing little or no emotion?
(a) Ancestry
(b) Apathetic
(c) Flounder
(d) Appreciate

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

6. The strings of the protagonist’s shoes are described as being like what in Part IV?
(a) Caribou intestines
(b) Fencing wire
(c) Stiff vines
(d) Rods of steel

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

8. The protagonist moves on to feed the fire with branches the size of what in Part IV?
(a) His wrist
(b) His neck
(c) His finger
(d) His foot

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

10. 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 navigator
(d) The belly-rubber

11. Which word from Part IV means a large destructive fire?
(a) Recoil
(b) Apprehension
(c) Conflagration
(d) Wistful

12. The protagonist’s socks are described as being like what “halfway to the knees” in Part IV?
(a) Quicksand
(b) Clenched fists
(c) Sheaths of iron
(d) A cast

13. 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?
(a) Fifty below
(b) Thirty below
(c) Fifteen below
(d) 0 degrees

14. How is death described in the protagonist’s thoughts and fears in Part V?
(a) Powerful and liberating
(b) Sharp and fateful
(c) Painful and final
(d) Dull and oppressive

15. 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) Make no fire
(b) Be silent
(c) Not move
(d) Cry

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Part IV, “Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had” what?

2. When did a man from Sulphur Creek tell the protagonist about the dangers of being wet in the cold?

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

4. Which word from Part V refers to any of the main branches of a tree?

5. The man is described as speaking in what way to the dog in Part V, meaning leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?

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