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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Jason become sick on the trail?
(a) Stomach virus.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Infected tooth.
(d) Summer pneumonia.

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

4. What did a man receive that was fake that Jason notices?
(a) Instructions on how to pan for gold.
(b) A fake map.
(c) A false telegram.
(d) A bridle for his horse.

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

6. What does Jason learn from some horse packers about his brothers?
(a) They are in the next settlement.
(b) They have already staked a claim.
(c) They are not far ahead of him.
(d) They did not come that way.

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

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

9. What worries people who are on the boat?
(a) Being attacked by a grizzly bear.
(b) Getting over the rapids.
(c) Passing through customs.
(d) Getting past the waterfall.

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

11. Where do Jason and the old man part ways?
(a) Denver.
(b) Salt Lake City.
(c) Helena, Montana.
(d) Anchorage.

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 kind of a job does Jason get?
(a) Trail guide.
(b) Horse handler.
(c) Wagon driver.
(d) Cook.

14. What do some of the people that Jack meets along the way want to know?
(a) If his dog is for sale.
(b) If he has a good map.
(c) If he has any extra food.
(d) If he wants to join their group.

15. What did Homer sell to come to the gold fields?
(a) Two horses and a carriage.
(b) His family farm.
(c) His summer crop.
(d) His stock shares.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jason's father say he would never be?

2. What does Jason's brother say will be the split if they find gold?

3. What does Jason notice about many of the people packing up to leave?

4. What had Jack suggested to Jason about moving the outfit?

5. What have some people resigned themselves to doing?

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