To Build a Fire
Which quotation from the text best highlights the man's ignorance to the potential dangers of nature?
- A) "Fifty degrees below zero was to him just precisely fifty degrees below zero. That there should be anything more to it than that was a thought that never entered his head." ( Paragraph 3)
- B) "He would be in to camp by six o'clock; a bit after dark, it was true, but the boys would be there, a fire would be going, and a hot supper would be ready." ( Paragraph 4)
- C) "The man's red beard and mustache were likewise frosted, but more solidly, the deposit taking the form of ice and increasing with every warm, moist breath he exhaled." ( Paragraph 7)
- D) "Sometimes there were alternate layers of water and ice-skin, so that when one broke through he kept on breaking through for a while, sometimes wetting himself to the waist." ( Paragraph 11)
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