To Build A Fire

Question 1

The state where the story takes place was _____ .

Answer 1

Alaska

Question 2

The word “chechaquo” means ______ .

Answer 2

Newcomer

Question 3

When the spat, his spittle ______ .

Answer 3

made an explosive crackle

Question 4

The man’s destination was the left fork of _____ .

Answer 4

Henderson creek

Question 5

Why was the man traveling in this area?

Answer 5

He was considering a business venture that involved timber.

Question 6

The temperature was ____ degrees below zero.

Answer 6

75

Question 7

The dog had learned and wanted _____ .

Answer 7

Fire

Question 8

A constant danger during the walk was _____ .

Answer 8

Pools of water

Question 9

prompted the dog to bite out the ice that had formed between its toes.

Answer 9

Instinct

Question 10

At 12:30 the man

Answer 10

arrived at the creek’s forks B. built a fire C. ate his lunch

Question 11

The dog’s relationship to the man was _____ .

Answer 11

Indifferent

Question 12

When the man became wet, his trip would be delayed for _____ .

Answer 12

1 hour

Question 13

The old timer’s law

Answer 13

That one should not travel alone if the temperature is fifty below zero.

Question 14

The man’s mistake

Answer 14

He had built his fire under a spruce tree.

Question 15

Even if a second fire was successful, the man would probably lose some _____ .

Answer 15

Toes

Question 16

When the man reached for a second piece of birch bark, he could not _____ it.

Answer 16

Feel

Question 17

He man devoted his whole soul to ____

Answer 17

Matches

Question 18

The match that was lighted was extinguished when _____ .

Answer 18

Fell to the snow

Question 19

number of sulphur matches ignited at once.

Answer 19

Seventy

Question 20

The man could smell that his _____ were burning.

Answer 20

Hands

Question 21

The man’s _____ caused another attempt at making a fire to fail.

Answer 21

Shivering

Question 22

The man could not kill the dog because ______ .

Answer 22

His hands did not function

Question 23

The man violently beat his hands against his sides for _____ minutes.

Answer 23

5

Question 24

After being thrown into a panic, the man began _____.

Answer 24

Running along the creek bed

Question 25

The flaw in the theory of running to camp was that the man lacked _____ .

Answer 25

Endurance

Question 26

The vision of the man’s body _____ kept him running.

Answer 26

Totally frozen

Question 27

The vision of the man’s body _____ kept him running.

Answer 27

What real cold was

Question 28

The man would tell the old-timer _____ .

Answer 28

You were right

Question 29

At the end, the dog was

Answer 29

trotted off in the direction of the camp

Question 30

What time did the story begin?

Answer 30

9 am