To Build a Fire
2 Part Multiple Choice Question
PART A: How do the siblings’ reactions to their mother’s letters contribute to the theme of the text?
- A.The siblings are shocked, contributing to the theme that people are not always as they seem.
- B.The siblings are angered after learning about their real father, contributing to the theme that it is best to be honest with others.
- C.The brother condemns their mother but the sister sympathizes with her, contributing to the theme of forgiving loved ones.
- D.The siblings are shocked but still watch over their mother, contributing to the theme that it is best to be loyal to family.
PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?
- A.“Then the son, with rapid fingers, fumbled in the packet of letters, took another of them and read” ( Paragraph 26)
- B.“The nun, straight as a statue, with teardrops standing at each corner of her eyes, looked at her brother, waiting to see what he meant to do.” ( Paragraph 29)
- C.“He went over to the drawer and flung in the letters which he had picked up from the floor.” ( Paragraph 31)
- D.“without even a parting glance at the mother whom he had separated from them and condemned, he said slowly: ‘Now, my sister, let us leave the room.’” ( Paragraphs 32-33)