"To Build a Fire" by Jack London Quiz, Worksheets, Vocabulary Games, and Answer Keys

Evaluate general reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary development, support analysis of characters and plot, and help high school students explore Jack London's use of literary elements with these worksheets and assessments for the short story "To Build a Fire." A plot-based quiz, a vocabulary application handout, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, a close reading inference worksheet, a literary craft analysis activity, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Documents and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly

• Define words and phrases as they are used in the text

• Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings

• Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

• Discern the intended effects of the author's narrative techniques such as the increasing frequency of shorter, choppier sentences as the narrative reaches its climax

• Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop

• Apply knowledge of literary devices including symbolism and simile

• Support claims and inferences with relevant textual evidence

• Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision

• Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss literature

More materials are available for teaching short stories:

• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Volume 1) - Google and printable

• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Volume 2) - Google and printable

• The Works of H.P. Lovecraft (Volume 1) - Google and printable

• The Works of H.P. Lovecraft (Volume 2) - Google and printable

• The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne - Google and printable

• The Works of Ray Bradbury - Google and printable

• Thematic Short Story Unit on Fear and Curiosity - Google and printable