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To Build a Fire Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist do once he reaches the forks of the creek in Part II?
(a) Goes fishing
(b) Sets a beaver trap
(c) Sets a lynx trap
(d) Stops to eat lunch

2. What type of point-of-view in literature allows the reader to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, and feelings?
(a) Invasive
(b) Limited
(c) Omniscient
(d) Constructive

3. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?
(a) Third-person
(b) Second-person
(c) Fourth-person
(d) First-person

4. What does the dog yearn toward as the man departs after eating his lunch in Part III?
(a) The cloth that the biscuits were wrapped with
(b) A snow cave
(c) The forest
(d) The fire

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Part II that given that the freezing-point is 32 degrees above zero, the degrees of frost obtained as the protagonist travels is what?

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

3. The “dark hair-line” of trail visible in Part I is said to be the main trail that leads south how many miles to the Chilcoot Pass?

4. What does the protagonist do in order to regain feeling in his feet in Part III?

5. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Jack London’s experiences like during the Klondike Gold Rush?

2. How does the narrator describe the setting at noon in To Build a Fire? What is the protagonist’s state of mind at this time?

3. How is the protagonist described by the narrator in Part I?

4. Where does the protagonist decide to eat lunch in the narrative? Why?

5. What literary purpose does the dog serve in To Build a Fire?

6. What does the protagonist do to warm up as he eats his lunch in Part III?

7. What does the dog do after falling through the ice in Part II? How does the protagonist help?

8. What is the setting of To Build a Fire?What clues indicate this setting?

9. How is symbolism tied to the character of the protagonist in To Build a Fire?

10. How is the dog described in To Build a Fire?What is his relationship to the protagonist?

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