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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of the man for whom Jason works?
(a) Sowerby and Bacon.
(b) Preston and Jackson.
(c) Johnson and Flynn.
(d) Robinson and Bailey.

2. What becomes the topic of conversation across the country?
(a) The completion of the transcontinental railroad.
(b) The possibility of war.
(c) The new president.
(d) The gold rush.

3. How does Jason eat as he heads towards Chilkoot?
(a) He hunts small game.
(b) He carries his food with him.
(c) People along the trail invite him to eat.
(d) He fishes.

4. What are the names of Jason's brothers?
(a) Stephen and Abraham.
(b) William and Stephen.
(c) David and Ethan.
(d) Abraham and Ethan.

5. In what year does this book begin?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1901.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jason first see when he wakes after being sick?

2. How does Jason buy food and warming clothing?

3. What does the younger man in the rail car like?

4. With whom does Jason leave the beach where he was thrown off the ship?

5. What of Jason's did his brothers use to get to Skagway?

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