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Question 5 • 191 CR ELA 9

Which detail from "To Build a Fire" best supports the idea that most of the real Yukon prospectors had little experience for surviving in cold weather?

Answer
A
It happened. It was his own fault or, rather, his mistake. He should not have built the fire under the spruce tree.
B
There was the fire, snapping and crackling and promising life with every dancing flame.
C
He would have to build a fire and dry out his footgear. This was imperative at that low temperature—he knew that much.
D
The flame he got by touching a match to a small shred of birch bark that he took from his pocket.

Explanation

Choice A shows that the man’s fire was ruined because he built it beneath a spruce tree, where falling snow could put it out. The narrator calls this his mistake and points out what he should have done, suggesting that surviving in the Yukon’s cold required knowledge he lacked. The other choices describe the fire or his need to dry his footwear, but do not show his inexperience as clearly.

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