To Build A Fire Flashcards
The state where the story takes place was _____ .
Alaska
The word “chechaquo” means ______ .
Newcomer
When the spat, his spittle ______ .
made an explosive crackle
The man’s destination was the left fork of _____ .
Henderson creek
Why was the man traveling in this area?
He was considering a business venture that involved timber.
The temperature was ____ degrees below zero.
75
The dog had learned and wanted _____ .
Fire
A constant danger during the walk was _____ .
Pools of water
prompted the dog to bite out the ice that had formed between its toes.
Instinct
At 12:30 the man
arrived at the creek’s forks B. built a fire C. ate his lunch
The dog’s relationship to the man was _____ .
Indifferent
When the man became wet, his trip would be delayed for _____ .
1 hour
The old timer’s law
That one should not travel alone if the temperature is fifty below zero.
The man’s mistake
He had built his fire under a spruce tree.
Even if a second fire was successful, the man would probably lose some _____ .
Toes
When the man reached for a second piece of birch bark, he could not _____ it.
Feel
He man devoted his whole soul to ____
Matches
The match that was lighted was extinguished when _____ .
Fell to the snow
number of sulphur matches ignited at once.
Seventy
The man could smell that his _____ were burning.
Hands
The man’s _____ caused another attempt at making a fire to fail.
Shivering
The man could not kill the dog because ______ .
His hands did not function
The man violently beat his hands against his sides for _____ minutes.
5
After being thrown into a panic, the man began _____.
Running along the creek bed
The flaw in the theory of running to camp was that the man lacked _____ .
Endurance
The vision of the man’s body _____ kept him running.
Totally frozen
The vision of the man’s body _____ kept him running.
What real cold was
The man would tell the old-timer _____ .
You were right
At the end, the dog was
trotted off in the direction of the camp
What time did the story begin?
9 am
