To Build a Fire Study Guide

1. In what current state does the story take place?

• New York
• North Dakota
• The Yukon
• Alaska

2. What is the man's name?

• We never find out
• Jack
• Teddy
• Manny

3. What is the name for a "newcomer in the land"?

• Chechaquo
• Debutante
• Ingenue
• Outsider

4. At what temperature does the old-timer tell the man is it dangerous to travel alone?

• Thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit
• Zero degrees Fahrenheit
• Seventy degrees Fahrenheit below zero
• Fifty degrees Fahrenheit below zero

5. What kind of dog travels with the man?

• A hound
• A husky
• An English Cocker Spaniel
• A wolf

6. Where is the man meeting "the boys"?

• Anchorage
• Nome
• Iditarod
• Henderson Creek

7. What is the man not "quick and alert" in, according to London?

• The passions of life
• The things of life
• The heartaches of life
• The significances of life

8. The man first worries about frostbite for which body parts?

• Ears
• Lips
• Fingers
• Nose and cheekbones

9. Why is the man's beard colored amber?

• Because his food has run into it
• Because his tobacco has run into it
• It is the natural color
• Because his rum has run into it

10. What does the man wish he had brought for his cheeks?

• Fur
• Hot oil
• A nose strap
• A scarf