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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. According to the narrator in Part V, there had been no what for weeks?
(a) Rain
(b) Wind
(c) Animals
(d) Clouds

2. 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) 0 degrees
(b) Fifteen below
(c) Fifty below
(d) Thirty below

3. The narrator states in Part V of the protagonist, “It struck him as curious that one should have to use his eyes in order to find out where” what were?
(a) His hands
(b) His matches
(c) His knife
(d) His feet

4. How does the ending of the earlier version of To Build a Firediffer from the later and more popularized version?
(a) Bob arrives
(b) The old-timer shows up
(c) The dog dies
(d) The protagonist lives

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mercury is often depicted holding what in his left hand?

2. The narrator states in Part V that the dog looks to the protagonist as what?

3. What in literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation?

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

5. Which word, used to describe the snow in Part V, means something that covers, envelops, or conceals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the protagonist’s emotional state evolve as he works on building his second fire in Part V?

2. How does the protagonist react when the fire is extinguished in Part V?

3. How does the protagonist eventually re-gather the matches in Part V?

4. How does the protagonist regain the feeling of his fingers in Part V?What happens when he goes to light a match?

5. What does the dog do as the protagonist attempts to build his second fire in Part V? What obstacle does the protagonist face in getting the tinder going?

6. How does the narrator describe the protagonist’s journey when he departs from lunch in Part IV?

7. How does the protagonist respond after falling through the ice in Part IV? What happens when he falls?

8. How are the protagonist’s socks and shoes described as he tries to remove them in Part IV by the fire?

9. What does the protagonist envision of his family in Part VI? How does he envision the old-timer?

10. How does the protagonist’s body respond when he begins to build a fire after falling through the ice in Part IV?

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