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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the merchants on the river selling?
(a) There are no merchants on the river.
(b) Milk and livestock and fruit.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Maps to the gold.

3. What does Jason think he might be able to find at a village?
(a) Someone to take them back down.
(b) Extra furs for warmth.
(c) Fish and meat.
(d) Vegetables and mushrooms.

4. At what date does Jason reach the end of Lake Bennett?
(a) October 1.
(b) September 23.
(c) September 30.
(d) August 27.

5. What does Jason find Charlie has done when he returns to the cabin?
(a) Let the fire go out.
(b) Broken the table.
(c) Pulled the down quit apart.
(d) Burned all the magazines.

6. What does Jason decide to do to his brothers?
(a) Demand his inheritance.
(b) Write them a letter.
(c) Play a joke.
(d) Scare them.

7. What happens to Jason's dog while they are fighting bear?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He is injured.
(d) He is not with Jason.

8. What does Jason find out he needs to let Charlie do?
(a) Talk to Jason more.
(b) Learn how to live without a foot.
(c) Help out around the cabin.
(d) Leave before the weather gets really bad.

9. What does Homer write for Jason?
(a) A small play.
(b) A letter of introduction.
(c) A story of Jason's travels.
(d) A poem.

10. Why do Abe and Ethan come out of their office?
(a) To go to lunch.
(b) To go home for the day.
(c) To meet Jason thinking he is someone else.
(d) To reprimand a worker.

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

12. What does Charlie finally realize about being there?
(a) Charlie's uncle paid Jason a lot of gold to care for him.
(b) Jason took him because Jason wants to become a doctor.
(c) Jason wanted him for company.
(d) He was thrust upon Jason.

13. What does Charlie point out to Jason?
(a) A boarding house.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) A tavern.
(d) The sheriff's office.

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

15. What do Charlie and Jason do when they leave the cabin?
(a) Hook up with a mule train.
(b) Walk south towards Skagway.
(c) Hitch a ride on a large barge.
(d) Get on the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the part of the Yukon that splits into five channels called?

2. What breaks twice as Jason and Charlie are watching the river?

3. Why does Jason all of a sudden understand the urgency to move forward?

4. Where does Jason see his first bull moose?

5. How does the crowd feel when the person in question #113 makes it through the rapids?

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