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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jason's dog help him?
(a) He pulls some of the weight.
(b) He scares off thieves.
(c) He keeps Jason warm at night.
(d) He hunts game.

2. How does Jason buy food and warming clothing?
(a) He works at the general store.
(b) He trades his extra pair of boots.
(c) He uses the money his brothers left him.
(d) With his wages from his short time job.

3. What does Frank Barker want Jason to do?
(a) Go even on supplies for gold mining.
(b) Become a deputy sheriff.
(c) Run a store for him in Skagway.
(d) Join him in stealing from people.

4. What did Jason's father say he would never be?
(a) A wage slave.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A Republican.
(d) A Democrat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason think of the crowds of people?

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

3. In what year does this book begin?

4. What does Jason get at the river?

5. What kind of a job does Jason get?

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