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Story about a man in Canada's north and his struggle for survival in harsh temperatures
What is "To Build a Fire"?
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The author of "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
Who is Robert Service?
100
This disaster shook Halifax in December of 1917
What is the Halifax Explosion?
100
The main character of a story
What is the protagonist?
100
The geographic region that is the setting for "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and "To Build a Fire"
What is The North (The Yukon, The Klondike)
200
The author of "To Build a Fire"
Who is Jack London?
200
Talk of your cold, through the parka's fold, it stabbed like a driven nail" - this type of figurative language
What is simile?
200
She played an important role in the war of 1812 by warning British general Fitzgibbons of an impending American attack
Who is Laura Secord?
200
The person or thing that serves as a source of conflict for the main character in a stry
What is the antagonist?
200
At the Downtown hotel in Dawson City, Yukon you can get a drink with one of these in it
What is a human toe?
300
The original title of this story was "Une abominable feuille d'érable sur la glace"
What is "The Hockey Sweater"?
300
This poem is about a prospector in the North having to take care of his buddy's corpse while out in the wilderness
What is "The Cremation of Sam McGee"?
300
This was a major conflict between Britain and the USA in the early 1800's fought in North America
What is the war of 1812?
300
ascribing human-like qualities to a non-human entity
What is personification?
300
The type of conflict seen in "To Build a Fire"
What is Man vs. Nature?
400
Author of "The Hockey Sweater"
Who is Roch Carrier?
400
"A promise made is a debt unpaid" is this type of figurative language
What is metaphor?
400
John A. MacDonald helped create this paramilitary force to deal with lawlessness in Canada's Northwest
What is the North West Mounted Police (later the Royal Canadian Mounted Police)?
400
This is a necessary element in story telling: it is what drives the plot. Can be man vs. man, man vs. himself, man vs. nature
What is conflict?
400
This Canadian province provides the setting for "The Hockey Sweater"
What is Quebec?
500
"The Hockey Sweater" was produced into a short film by this Canadian cultural institution
What is the National Film Board?
500
"The stars came out and they danced about" is an example of this type of figurative language
What is personification?
500
This refers to the onslaught of people heading North to the "Klondike" to get rich during the late 1800's
What is the Gold Rush?
500
a maple representing Canada, a dove representing peace, a hawk representing war - these are examples of
What is symbolism?
500
He was the dispatcher who prevented the arrival of a train in Halifax at the time of the explosion at the cost of his own life
Who is Vince Coleman?