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To Build A Fire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In paragraph 31, what does “apprehension” mean? (describing the feelings of the dog towards the man | Anxiety |
| What is the evidence that shows the dog was apprehensive? | “It [the dog] flattened its ears down at the sound of the man’s voice, and its restless, hunching movements and the lifting and shifting of its forefeet became more pronounced” (Paragraph 31). |
| In paragraph 21, how does knowing about the man’s ignorance create suspense when you hear the old- timer’s warning? Find evidence to support your answer. | Knowing the old-timer’s warning creates suspense because it foreshadows the probable outcome of the man. |
| Based on the ending, which of the following statements best suggests the theme of the text? Find evidence to support your answer. | Ignorance can lead to one’s downfall. |
| What does “chechaquo” mean? | newcomer |
| Why is the dog disgruntled at the beginning of the story? | He knows it is too cold to be traveling, and he wants to shelter and have fire. |
| What is the only thing that breaks up the pure white piles of snow and ice? | the dark line of the trail |
| What initially alerts the man that he is in a temperature lower than he’s ever been in? | When he spits, it crackles in the air before it hits the snow. |
| Where is the man keeping his lunch to prevent it from freezing? | under his clothes and next to his skin |
| What is the actual temperature at the start of the story? | seventy-five below zero |
| Why does the man have a “crystal beard of the color and solidity of amber” extending from his chin? | It has formed from him spitting juice from chewing tobacco from his mouth. |
| Early in his trek, the man thinks that… | he will frost his nose and cheeks, he should have worn something to protect his nose and cheeks, frosted cheeks are never serious |
| When the man is concerned about traps-breaking through the ice and getting into water-he decides to… | make the dog walk in front of him |
| Why does the dog bite the ice out from between his toes? | instinct tells him to do it |
| When the man sits down to eat lunch what does he notice? | His fingers and toes are numb. |
| When the man resumes his journey and leaves the fire he has started for lunch, what happens? | the dog is reluctant to leave the fire |
| Why does the man stop to build a second fire? | He had broken through the ice and both legs were wet halfway to his knees. |
| What was some advice that the “old-timer from Sulphur Creek” gave to the man that he considers “rather womanish”? | No man should travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below. |
| What causes the fire to get extinguished? | Snow collapsed from branches of a nearby tree onto it. |
| What is the primary problem the man has as he attempts to start another fire? | His hands and fingers are so frozen and lifeless that he can’t clutch or manipulate the matches or the birch-bark. |
| Throughout his ordeal, the man repeatedly beats and threshes his hands and arms against his body. Why? | because he is trying to restore feeling to his freezing hands and fingers |
| The man finally gets a match to light by | holding the match with his teeth and striking it against his leg |
| When the man lights the remaining matches, 70 at once, what happens as he tries to use the flames to light the birch-bark? | He realizes that his ungloved hands are in the way and being burned by the flames. |
| The man succeeds in getting the birch-bark lit, and he is able to start a small fire. Why doesn’t he end up with a successful fire? | He is shivering so violently that he accidentally scatters the twigs and the fire goes out. |
| Now that all hope for a fire is gone, what does the man think to try to do with the dog? | He decides to kill the dog and put his hands in the dog’s body to warm them. |
| The dog becomes fearful and tries to keep the man from grasping him because | the man’s voice sounds strange and the man’s crawling is strange |
| The man finds it curious that | he has to use his eyes to find out where his hands are |
| The man’s theory that he could run until he reached camp and the boys had one flaw in it. What is it? | The man doesn’t have the endurance to keep running. |
| As he rests, the man begins to feel quite warm and comfortable, and he isn’t shivering. What makes him begin to run again? | He has a vision of his body totally frozen. |
| When the man falls for the second time, he | curses the dog because it looks warm and secure |
| When the man has accepted his fate, what simile occurs to him? | He has been like a chicken running with its head cut off. |
| As the first waves of drowsiness overcome the man, he thinks | freezing isn’t so bad; there are lots worse ways to die |
| As he is drifting off to sleep, the man | envisions himself with the boys as they find his body the next day |
| What does the man mumble to the old-timer of Sulphur Creek? | “You were right, old hoss; you were right.” |
| As the man drowsed off into his death sleep, he | felt it was the most comfortable and satisfying sleep he had ever known |
| Never in the dog’s experience had it | known a man to sit like that in the snow and not make a fire |
| The dog is overcome by its desire for a fire so it | whines softly at first, and then more loudly |
| What causes the dog to back away and begin to howl? | He creeps close to the man and smells the scent of death. |
| The dog finally leaves the man to | go to the camp to find other food-providers and fire-providers |
| The man is best described as | foolish and unimaginative |
| Which passage from "To Build a Fire” best explains why imagination would be important in the wild? | “Such a fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all. It did not lead him to mediate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man’s frailty in general…” |
| How does the dog’s presence contribute to the story? | The dog shows wisdom that comes from instinct which is a contrast with the man, whose arrogance is so great he figures he can conquer the cold. |
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