Writing an Informative Essay about an Exciting Tradition — Unit test
Question 18 • Language Arts 7 A (M12 25/26 S1)
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”But he was safe. There was the fire, snapping and crackling and promising life with every dancing flame. He remembered the old-timer on Sulphur Creek who had warned him that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below. Yet here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself. Those old-timers were rather womanish, he thought, smiling to himself.
Answer
A
The man will forget how to build a fire.
B
The man will form a group with other travelers.
C
The man will be recognized for his superior survival skills.
D
The man will realize the wisdom of the old-timer’s warning.
Explanation
The man dismisses the old-timer’s warning as “womanish” because he thinks he has successfully saved himself. This suggests he has not yet learned how serious the danger is, but the excerpt’s irony points toward him eventually understanding that traveling alone in extreme cold is dangerous. The best choice is “The man will realize the wisdom of the old-timer’s warning.”
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