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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Jack suggested to Jason about moving the outfit?
(a) Do it in relays.
(b) Find a partner.
(c) Hire a pack mule.
(d) Let the dog carry most of it.

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

3. For what does a man want to hire Jason?
(a) To help carry his canoe.
(b) To hunt with him to add more food to his boat.
(c) To handle his horses.
(d) To rescue him if his canoe turns over.

4. Where did Jason work in his hometown?
(a) A cannery.
(b) Fishing boat.
(c) A saw mill.
(d) In a shoe factory.

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

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

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

8. What is waiting for Jason at his brothers' home?
(a) A train ticket to Alaska.
(b) A letter from his brother.
(c) The key to their parents' house.
(d) His inheritance.

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

10. How much does Jason decide to borrow from his brothers?
(a) Nothing.
(b) $250.
(c) $150.
(d) $100.

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

12. To where is Jason heading when he passes back through Skagway?
(a) White Pass.
(b) Churntop Pass.
(c) Diablo Pass.
(d) Donner's Pass.

13. What is Jason Hawthorn standing in front of with his newspapers?
(a) Empire State Building.
(b) Statue of Liberty.
(c) Grand Central Depot.
(d) Sears Towers.

14. What did Jason promise when he left his hometown?
(a) He would never return.
(b) He would not return until he is rich.
(c) He would stay away at least a year.
(d) He will be bringing a wife when he returns.

15. What does Jason get at the river?
(a) A horse.
(b) A dog.
(c) A big supply of venison.
(d) A black eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason recall Homer saying about this leg of the journey?

2. What does the head of law enforcement do the most?

3. What do some of the people that Jack meets along the way want to know?

4. Who dropped out of Jack's group?

5. What will Jason have to do if he takes the outfit?

(see the answer keys)

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