Question

Refer to Classics for Young Readers Volume 8, for a complete version of this story

Which quotation from "To Build a Fire" best shows that the man is inexperienced building a fire in
the wilderness?
A. "He squatted in the snow pulling the twigs out from their entanglement in the brush
and feeding directly to the flame."
B. "He made a new foundation for a fire, this time in the open, where no treacherous tree
could blot it out
C. "It grew ke an avalanche and it descended without warning upon the man and the
fire, and the fire was blotted out
D. "But the burning brimstone went up his nostris and into his lungs causing him to
cough spasmodically"

Answer 1

C. because he should have known not to build a fire under a place where there could be an avalanch