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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some of the people that Jack meets along the way want to know?
(a) If his dog is for sale.
(b) If he has a good map.
(c) If he has any extra food.
(d) If he wants to join their group.

2. Where does Jason go in Chapter 13?
(a) Back to Skagway.
(b) No where.
(c) To the spot where the outfit was dropped off.
(d) With Jack.

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

4. What does Jason name his dog?
(a) Waif.
(b) King.
(c) Friend.
(d) Killer.

5. What does the younger man in the rail car recite?
(a) The Gettysburg Address.
(b) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) A Purple Cow.
(d) The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jason Hawthorn standing in front of with his newspapers?

2. What does Jason notice most of the people in Skagway are?

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

4. What is a big topic of conversation in Skagway besides gold?

5. How long has Jason been in New York at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jason keep himself going and what do some people he meets want to know about his dog?

2. What does Jason encounter on his way towards Chilkoot and what does he wish about the crowds?

3. What does the person in question #21 tell Jason and what does he offer Jason? How does Jason feel about the offer?

4. Upon what ship is Jason stowed away on, what does he hear and what can he not know because of the noise?

5. What is in the letter Abraham left for Jason and how is Jason's situation changed by what he learns?

6. On what date is Jason Hawthorn hawking papers, where is he, what is the big news and what does Jason want to have the opportunity to do?

7. Where does Jason go in Chapter 13, what does he get and what does he do with it?

8. What does Jason learn at Mrs. Beal's boarding house that stuns him?

9. What does Jason use his earnings for and why does he end up collapsed on the trail?

10. What does one have to take to get to Canada and how does Jason manage it?

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