To Build a Fire Review

Who is the author of "To Build a Fire"?

• Jack London
• Jack Angill
• Ernest Hemingway
• Arthur Miller

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Where does the story take place?

• New York
• The Yukon
• North Dakota
• Alaska

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What type of conflict do we see in this story?

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Nature

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

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

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

What danger threatens the man and dog?

• Darkness
• Wild Animals
• Cold
• Other men

how many degrees below freezing is it in the setting of story?

• -50

• -15

• 0

• -75

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the man fearful of as he walks along the trail?

• wet snow
• hidden springs
• bears
• moose

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What causes the man's frozen beard to have "the color and solidity of amber"?

• Tobacco
• Whiskey
• Licorice
• Dirt

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5