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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Gary at the Rohn River checkpoint?
(a) He gets stitches for his wounds.
(b) He has a hot meal at a cafe.
(c) He starts to think about quitting.
(d) He finally gets some sleep.

2. What type of terrain do the teams encounter between Shaktolik and Koyuk?
(a) Hilly.
(b) Icy.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Steep.

3. Which of these mountains must be crossed between Koyuk and Nome?
(a) Denali.
(b) Nome.
(c) Topcok.
(d) McKinley.

4. Outside Shageluk, where is the musher who belongs to the abandoned sled?
(a) Lying on the ground.
(b) Behind some bushes.
(c) In her sleeping bag.
(d) On a large boulder.

5. What checkpoint is right after the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) Rainy Pass Lodge.
(b) Don's Cabin.
(c) The Burn Lodge.
(d) Happy Canyon Lodge.

6. What do all mushers get if they finish the race?
(a) A brass buckle.
(b) A trophy.
(c) A "key" to Nome.
(d) A gourmet dinner.

7. How cold do the natives say it gets in The Yukon?
(a) Cold enough to spit and have it bounce.
(b) Cold enough that you can't piss.
(c) Cold enough to freeze your nose hairs.
(d) Cold enough that your eyes freeze shut.

8. What is Gary's initial experience with Rainy Pass?
(a) He finds it difficult.
(b) He finds it more challenging than he had been told.
(c) He finds it easy.
(d) He finds it slower than he thought it would be.

9. How many miles is The Burn?
(a) Ninety-two.
(b) Fifty-three.
(c) Thirty-seven.
(d) One hundred seventeen.

10. What is touted as the worst part of the race?
(a) The run to Shageluk.
(b) The Burn.
(c) The run up the Yukon River.
(d) Happy Canyon.

11. How long is the run in Dalzell Gorge?
(a) Forty miles.
(b) Twenty miles.
(c) Thirty miles.
(d) Fifty miles.

12. To what does Gary compare the intensity of his hunger in Nikolai?
(a) Being freezing cold.
(b) Being in love.
(c) Having bruised ribs.
(d) Not sleeping for a week.

13. What does the old man in Unalakleet offer Gary?
(a) His bed for the night.
(b) A bowl of moose chili.
(c) A place for him and his family after the race.
(d) A warm fire.

14. What does Gary do when he hears his diagnosis in the last chapter?
(a) He tells the doctor how it all started.
(b) He cries.
(c) He asks to see his family.
(d) He tells the doctor he must be wrong.

15. What are the buffalo doing in The Burn?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Trying to cross the river.
(d) Playing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does another musher say when Gary leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?

2. Who is the Doughnut man?

3. What does one of the mushers say when Gary and his team are on the frozen river in Happy Canyon?

4. What happens when Gary steps off his sled while in the basin?

5. In "An End", what is the doctor wearing?

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