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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. The dog’s instincts tell him that walking in this cold is not good and that it is the time to do what, in Part III?
(a) Lay in the sun
(b) Burrow in the snow
(c) Curl up behind a tree
(d) Hide behind a windbreak

2. Which word from Part III refers to pedigree, genealogy or stock?
(a) Flounder
(b) Wistful
(c) Ancestry
(d) Apathetic

3. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?
(a) Springs
(b) Rocks
(c) The sun
(d) Branches

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?
(a) At the forks
(b) On the ridge
(c) In the canyon
(d) By the lake

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the dog do when it has ice formed between its toes from falling into the water in Part II?

2. The protagonist is bound for an old claim on the left fork of what in To Build a Fire?

3. 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?

4. In literature, what are exaggerations to create emphasis or effect?

5. The Yukon lay hidden under how many feet of ice, according to the narrator in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What advice did the old-timer give to the protagonist?

5. How is the advice of the old-timer perceived by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?

6. 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?

7. What is symbolized by the lack of a shadow cast by the protagonist in To Build a Fire?

8. How is the relationship between the protagonist and the dog significant to the plot of the story?

9. What does the protagonist do after eating his lunch in Part III? How does the dog respond?

10. When and where was Jack London born? Who were his parents?

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