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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) Fishing boat.
(b) A saw mill.
(c) In a shoe factory.
(d) A cannery.

2. What can Jason not imagine about not going on?
(a) Returning to a nine to five job.
(b) Waiting another eight months.
(c) Throwing away his outfit.
(d) Missing his brothers.

3. Where do Jason's brothers work?
(a) A cannery.
(b) On fishing boats.
(c) A saw mill.
(d) In a shoe factory.

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

5. How many boats are leaving the shore each day?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

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

7. Why is Jason beginning to feel more pressure about reaching his goal?
(a) His dog is getting old.
(b) Winter is coming quickly.
(c) He has no more money.
(d) His brothers are getting farther away.

8. What does Jason say about his parents?
(a) They live in Europe.
(b) They are both dead.
(c) His father is depressed since his mother died.
(d) They are not living together.

9. What does Jack say about seeing Jason again?
(a) He figured Jason had given up.
(b) He thought Jason might be dead.
(c) He wish he had known they were going to meet again.
(d) He thought Jason was too young to be friends.

10. What of Jason's did his brothers use to get to Skagway?
(a) Money saved from their wages.
(b) Money their grandparents gave them.
(c) The sale of their livestock.
(d) Jason's inheritance.

11. What does Jason want to learn from the older man?
(a) What it takes to get to Klondike.
(b) What to do if caught hopping rail cars.
(c) What is the best warm states in America.
(d) How to make a wife happy.

12. How old is Jason on this adventure?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Fifteen.

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

14. Who saves Jason after he passes out on the trail?
(a) Frank Barker.
(b) Jack London.
(c) Lucy Gant.
(d) Homer.

15. Where is the place in question #11?
(a) Upstate New York.
(b) In British Columbia.
(c) In Washington state.
(d) At the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon Rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Jason leave the beach where he was thrown off the ship?

2. Who is head of law enforcement in Skagway?

3. Why might Jason be stopped at customs?

4. What does Jason think is a daunting sight when Jason first sees them?

5. How does Jason finally get the means to continue his journey?

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