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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man who helps Jason with his caribou say about the Mounties and August?
(a) They are more lenient in August.
(b) They are not stopping people right now.
(c) They are letting no one through.
(d) They are being fairly relaxed about the rules.

2. What job does Charlie take with Jason's brothers?
(a) Designer.
(b) He does not take a job with them.
(c) Assistant bookkeeper.
(d) Salesman.

3. What is Jason's dog supposed to hate doing?
(a) Pulling anything heavy.
(b) Wearing a dog coat.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Riding in a boat.

4. To what is Dawson City compared?
(a) A large city.
(b) A huge carnival.
(c) A city slum.
(d) A farming community.

5. Why doesn't Jason take the entire caribou?
(a) He doesn't really like the taste of caribou.
(b) He can't eat that much meat.
(c) It would be too heavy for the canoe.
(d) There is no way to perserve it in a short amount of time.

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

7. How are conditions for Jason to walk about?
(a) The ground is so frozen walking is easy.
(b) Jason doesn't walk about much.
(c) The weather is brutal and walking is very difficult.
(d) The weather has calmed down and the sun is out.

8. What does Jason think about when he looks at the night sky?
(a) There are more stars than he has ever seen.
(b) Where his brothers might be.
(c) How far away home is.
(d) He'd like to travel to the stars.

9. What could possibly occur if people are careless on the river?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A great catastrophe.
(c) Some people might get wet.
(d) Jason and Charlie could be tipped over.

10. Why does Jason return to his cabin when he was following tracks?
(a) His water has frozen and needs to drink.
(b) He has to return to eat.
(c) He lost sight of the animal.
(d) He is too tired to go on.

11. Who is one of the few persons adventuresome enough to try the rapids?
(a) Homer.
(b) Frank Barker.
(c) Jack London.
(d) Robert Henderson.

12. What happens to the ice on the river as Jason and Charlie watch it in the spring?
(a) It rises up.
(b) It thins out enough to cut.
(c) It stays the same.
(d) It becomes thicker.

13. Why is Jack looking poorly?
(a) He has TB.
(b) He contracted scruvy.
(c) He broke his leg and it is infected.
(d) He did not find any gold.

14. What does Jason tell Charlie about Charlie being there?
(a) Jason does not care if he is there or not.
(b) Jason needs him there.
(c) Charlie will have to leave because there is not enough food.
(d) Jason does not want him there.

15. Where does Jason see his first bull moose?
(a) At night when pulled on the shore to sleep.
(b) On the shore near Laberge.
(c) In the river ahead of him.
(d) Far off on a plain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason find out he needs to let Charlie do?

2. What does Jason lose as the bear comes out of the den?

3. What happens at a narrow part of the river?

4. What does Jason think would happen to Charlie if Jason died?

5. What does Jason think he might be able to find at a village?

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