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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Running, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gary begin training his dogs for?
(a) The Iditarod in Alaska.
(b) The Caledonia Classic sled race.
(c) The Yukon Quest in the Yukon Territory.
(d) The Cannington dog sled race.

2. What gets the dogs wound up?
(a) New scents.
(b) Chasing game.
(c) The smell of blood.
(d) New trails.

3. How old was Gary when he stopped believing in the fairy tale version of the forest?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Thirty.

4. How much did Paulsen's sled weigh that night?
(a) Close to five hundred pounds fully loaded.
(b) Three hundred and fifty pounds.
(c) Five hundred pounds.
(d) Close to four hundred pounds fully loaded.

5. What did the dogs have?
(a) Great old knowledge.
(b) Humor.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was nothing to Storm?

2. What did Paulsen learn from that night?

3. What hurt Gary the worst of all of his sustained injuries?

4. What didn't Paulsen know?

5. Why didn't Gary cross the lake though it was frozen and would have saved him time?

(see the answer key)

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