Story Hour/Build Fire
To Build A Fire
To Build/Bridal Party
Bridal Party/Rockpile
Rockpile
100
Something that is elusive is difficult to a. endure. b. escape from. c. get hold of.
What is get hold of.
100
The story suggests that the man continues to travel on this particular day instead of doing what his dog would do because the man a. is a more admirable creature than the dog. b. does not suffer from the cold as much as the dog does. c. doesn't fully realize how dangerous the conditions are. d. believes it would be more dangerous to make camp than to continue.
What is doesn't fully realize how dangerous the conditions are.
100
You would be compelled to do something if you had no a. skill at it. b. interest in it. c. choice about it.
What is choice about it.
100
What attitude do most of Caroline and Hamilton's friends seem to have about the couple's plans to marry? a. relief c. disregard b. anxiety d. enthusiasm
What is enthusiasm
100
John doesn't tell his mother where Roy has gone because John a. hopes that Roy will get in trouble. b. is afraid of getting in trouble himself. c. feels that doing so would betray Roy. d. feels that Roy's actions are none of his business.
What is feels that doing so would betray Roy.
200
A person who shows persistence is one who refuses to a. give up. b. take risks. c. follow orders.
What is give up
200
The man's greatest difficulties in starting the last fire are caused by a. numbness. c. a lack of firewood. b. impatience. d. a shortage of matches.
What is numbness.
200
Michael decides to reveal his feelings to Caroline a. as soon as he hears of her marriage plans. b. as soon as he encounters her and Hamilton. c. when he discovers he has inherited money. d. when he hears Hamilton discussing marriage.
What is when he discovers he has inherited money.
200
A word that means the opposite of tentative is a. sad. b. firm. c. generous.
What is firm
200
Sister McCandless does all of the following EXCEPT a. scold Roy. c. take charge of Roy. b. scold John. d. decide what Gabriel should be told.
What is scold Roy.
300
The story suggests that the man has never before a. broken through ice. c. failed to see the sun on a clear day. b. experienced weather so cold. d. traveled by himself in the Klondike.
What is experienced weather so cold.
300
With what attitude does the man face death at the end of the story? a. terror c. bitterness b. amazement d. acceptance
What is acceptance
300
The atmosphere at the wedding reception is one of a. real gaiety. c. stiff formality. b. sharp tension. d. pretended merriment.
What is real gaiety
300
Many of the people that Roy and John see from the fire escape are referred to as "sinners" because they a. are doing wicked things. c. do not belong to the church. b. are going to movie palaces. d. have little or no regard for the law.
What is do not belong to the church.
300
Gabriel's reaction to Roy's injury shows all of the following EXCEPT a. love for Roy. b. fear for Roy's safety. c. an effort to be fair to Elizabeth and John. d. the upset a parent feels when a child is hurt.
What is an effort to be fair to Elizabeth and John.
400
At the beginning of the story, the man seems to feel that the cold is a. vicious. c. interesting. b. exciting. d. extremely dangerous.
What is interesting
400
One gesture that is often made apathetically is a a. wave. b. shrug. c. salute.
What is shrug.
400
Michael's first reaction to the realization that Caroline is about to marry another man is a desire to a. find her and ask her to reconsider. b. have no contact with either of them. c. make her believe he no longer cares for her. d. challenge the other man's right to marry her.
What is have no contact with either of them.
400
When Gabriel comes home, Elizabeth treats Roy's injury as not very serious because she a. wants Roy to remain calm. b. is afraid Gabriel will be angry with her. c. is afraid Gabriel will be angry with Roy. d. is afraid Gabriel will be angry with John.
What is is afraid Gabriel will be angry with John.
400
One kind of jubilant noise is a a. sob. b. gasp. c. cheer.
What is cheer.
500
The relationship between the man and the dog is based on a. affection. c. mutual admiration. b. grudging respect. d. their usefulness to one another.
What is their usefulness to one another.
500
An "old-timer" has warned the man that no one should travel alone in the Klondike a. without a dog. b. without a sled carrying supplies. c. when there are hidden springs flowing. d. when the temperature is colder than fifty below.
What is when the temperature is colder than fifty below.
500
Michael believes that his romance with Caroline was doomed by his lack of a. wealth. c. social standing. b. confidence. d. commitment to her.
What is wealth.
500
Everyone thinks John should have stopped Roy because John is a. Roy's hero. c. the braver child. b. the older child. d. a "saint" and Roy is a "sinner."
What is the older child.
500
A slang phrase that means "loiter" is a. "hang out." b. "play it safe." c. "scrimp and save."
What is "hang out."
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