Read each excerpt from “To Build a Fire.” Then, identify the part of the plot it comes from.

“‘You were right, old hoss; you were right,’ the man mumbled to the old-timer of Sulphur Creek.”


“But the burning brimstone went up his nostrils and into his lungs, causing him to cough spasmodically. The match fell into the snow and went out.”


“He realized that it was no longer a mere matter of freezing his fingers and toes, or of losing his hands and feet, but that it was a matter of life and death with the chances against him. This threw him into a panic, and he turned and ran up the creek bed along the old, dim trail.”