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

3. Where do three sailors dump Jason?
(a) At the next town.
(b) In the ocean.
(c) On a beach.
(d) On a coral reef.

4. How does Jason eat as he heads towards Chilkoot?
(a) He carries his food with him.
(b) He hunts small game.
(c) He fishes.
(d) People along the trail invite him to eat.

5. What does the older man tell Jason about from his past?
(a) Working in the coal mines.
(b) Being married with children.
(c) The gold rush of 49.
(d) Traveling to all of the states of America.

6. What is Jason's hometown?
(a) Seattle.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Portland.
(d) Denver.

7. By Chapter 11, how many more places does Jason have to go to meet up with his brothers?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) He doesn't know.

8. Who does Jason first see when he wakes after being sick?
(a) Jack London.
(b) Frank Barker.
(c) Jamie Dunavant.
(d) Lucy Gant.

9. Why are many of the people Jason meets heading back to Skagway going there?
(a) They've made a lot of money.
(b) The weather is too cold.
(c) They were turned away at the border.
(d) They've given up.

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

11. To what does Jason compare himself as he walks?
(a) A salmon swimming up stream.
(b) An ant.
(c) A bumblebee.
(d) His father.

12. How does Jason finally get the means to continue his journey?
(a) Being taken on a boat as crew.
(b) Finding a canoe with a small hole in it.
(c) Buys a canoe.
(d) Wages from horse handling.

13. In what year does this book begin?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1897.

14. How long has Jason been in New York at the beginning of the book?
(a) Five days.
(b) Four months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

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