"To Build a Fire"

Where does the story take place?

• New York
• The Yukon
• North Dakota
• Alaska

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the man's name?

• We never find out
• Jack 
• Teddy
• Shlomo

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• chechaquo
• debutante
• ingenue
• outsider

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

At what temp. does the old-timer tell the man it's dangerous to travel alone?

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

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What kind of dog travels with the man?

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Where is the man meeting "the boys"?

• Anchorage
• Nome
• Iditarod
• Henderson Creek

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the man not "quick and alert" in?

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

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The man first worries about frostbite for which body parts?

• ears
• lips
• fingers
• nose and cheekbones

Why is the man's beard amber colored?

• 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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• fur
• hot oil
• a nose strap
• a scarf

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5