LIT Section 3

Question 1

What are some themes that Jack London’s To Build a Fire and Ele Fountain’s Melt share

Answer 1

Survival and man versus nature

Question 2

What trail was the Man traveling on (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 2

The Yukon Trail

Question 3

What time was it when the Man climbed the Earthworks
(“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 3

Nine o’clock

Question 4

Was the Yukon trail well travelled (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 4

No

Question 5

How wide was the Yukon trail (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 5

A mile wide

Question 6

Under how much ice was the Yukon Trail (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 6

3 feet of ice

Question 7

Under how much snow was the Yukon Trail (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 7

3 feet of snow

Question 8

How many feet of snow and ice was the Yukon trail under (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 8

6 feet of snow and ice

Question 9

How long had it been since he had seen the sun(“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 9

It had been days since he had seen the sun

Question 10

Was the man worried about the lack of sun (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 10

No

Question 11

Does the man now when the sun will be seen(“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 11

Yes, he knows that it will be a few more days before the sun will be seen

Question 12

What did the man describe the main trail as (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 12

A dark hairline

Question 13

How many miles South did the main trail lead (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 13

500 miles

Question 14

How many miles North did the main trail lead (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 14

1500 miles

Question 15

Where does the trail pass through in the South (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 15

Chilcoot Pass, Dyea, and salt water

Question 16

Where does the trail pass through in the North (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 16

Dawson, Nulato, and St.Michael

Question 17

Did the weirdness and the strangeness of the environment effect the man (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 17

No

Question 18

What does chechaquo mean

Answer 18

Newcomer

Question 19

How many winters has he experienced in this land(“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 19

One

Question 20

What did he think the temperature was (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 20

-50 degrees

Question 21

How did he realize that it was colder than -50 degrees

Answer 21

His spit froze in the air

Question 22

Did he know how much colder it was (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 22

No

Question 23

How much snow had fallen since the last sled had passed through (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 23

A foot

Question 24

Did the man have facial hair (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

What does Warm whiskered mean

Answer 25

Has facial hair.

Question 26

Why did the man take the Yukon trail (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 26

To see if logs could be taken from the islands in Yukon

Question 27

When did he think that he was going to arrive at the camp

Answer 27

Six o’clock

Question 28

Did the man want a sled (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 28

No

Question 29

What was the man carrying (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 29

A handkerchief holding his lunch

Question 30

What was his companion in travel (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 30

A dog

Question 31

What was the dog’s description (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 31

a big native husky, a proper wolf-dog, and grey-coated without any
visible or temperamental difference from its brother, the wild wolf

Question 32

Why was the dog depressed (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 32

because it knew that it was not a time for traveling due to the intense cold

Question 33

What was the temperature (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 33

It was -75 degrees

Question 34

What was the man chewing (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 34

He was chewing tobacco

Question 35

What was happening to the tobacco juice

Answer 35

It was running down his chin and freezing turning into a new appendage. This happened because his lips were frozen so he couldn’t spit properly

Question 36

What was the temperature of the two other cold snaps he has encountered (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 36

They were at -50 and -55 degrees

Question 37

How did he know about the temperature of the cold snaps he has endured

Answer 37

The spirit thermometer at Sixty Mile

Question 38

What was the man thinking about (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 38

He was thinking about eating lunch at the forks and meeting up with the boys

Question 39

What was the mans pace at ten o’clock (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 39

4 miles an hour

Question 40

What time was he going to reach the fork at his pace at ten o’clock

Answer 40

half-past twelve `

Question 41

What did he believe about frosted cheeks (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 41

He thought that they were a bit painful but not serious

Question 42

Why couldn’t the man speak (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 42

Because of the ice muzzle formed that around his face

Question 43

Was the man observant (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 43

Yes

Question 44

What was an obstacle that slowed the man’s journey

Answer 44

springs that had a thin cover of ice over them which made stepping on them very dangerous

Question 45

What did the man do when he suspected danger (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 45

He threw his dog in front of him so that any thin ice will be broken

Question 46

What did the dog do after it fell into the water (“To Build a Fire”)

Answer 46

It started biting the Ice that formed on it’s leg