"To Build A Fire" HW Check, p. 339-340

What "Old Timer" gave the man advice about travelling alone?

• The old timer at Sulphur Creek

• The old timer who started the restaurant

• The old timer in his neighborhood

• There was no old timer.

What advice did the old timer give the man?

• He told him that he should not travel alone after 50 below.

• He told him to turn left, then right.

• He told him to travel with a dog.

• He did not speak to him.

What mistake did the man make when building the first fire?

• He did not build the fire in the open.

• He forgot his lighter.

• He dropped all of the logs.

• He destroyed the matches by dropping them in the water.

What happened to the first fire?

• Snow fell from branch to branch, after the fire was built, and the fire was put out.

• Nothing happened to the first fire.

• The first fire lasted all night.

• The man was able to keep the flames of the fire going until he reached the camp.

How did the man feel about what happened to the first fire?

• He was shocked and felt that it was a sentence to death.

• He was excited because he did not have to put out the fire himself.

• He cried himself to sleep.

• He hit the dog, in anger.