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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 20-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jason learn from some horse packers about his brothers?
(a) They are not far ahead of him.
(b) They are in the next settlement.
(c) They have already staked a claim.
(d) They did not come that way.

2. Where do Jason's brothers live?
(a) With their parents.
(b) At the Downtown Apartment House.
(c) With their wives.
(d) In Mrs. Beal's boarding house.

3. Why are the rapids considered so dangerous?
(a) There are too many animals in the rapids.
(b) Box canyons, whirlpools and eddies.
(c) The rocks are sharp granite.
(d) The water is almost a freezing temperatures.

4. What does Frank Barker want Jason to do?
(a) Go even on supplies for gold mining.
(b) Become a deputy sheriff.
(c) Join him in stealing from people.
(d) Run a store for him in Skagway.

5. What can Jason not imagine about not going on?
(a) Missing his brothers.
(b) Returning to a nine to five job.
(c) Throwing away his outfit.
(d) Waiting another eight months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are many of the Klondikers doing with the caribou?

2. What have some people resigned themselves to doing?

3. Why might Jason be stopped at customs?

4. How does Jason end up dealing with the bear or bears?

5. What did Jason promise when he left his hometown?

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