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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) Let the dog carry most of it.
(b) Hire a pack mule.
(c) Do it in relays.
(d) Find a partner.

2. Where does Jason go in Chapter 13?
(a) With Jack.
(b) Back to Skagway.
(c) To the spot where the outfit was dropped off.
(d) No where.

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

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

5. Where does the rail car Jason hops go?
(a) Minot, North Dakota.
(b) Salt Lake City, Utah.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Denver, Colorado.

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

7. How long does it take Jason to get home from New York?
(a) Eight days.
(b) A month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Seven days.

8. 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've given up.
(d) They were turned away at the border.

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

10. What does Jason think while he is walking?
(a) His brothers are waiting for him.
(b) He is stronger than Jack.
(c) His father would be proud of him.
(d) His mother will kill him.

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

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

13. What might stand in Jason's way besides the weather?
(a) Grizzlies.
(b) Being so young.
(c) Not knowing what real gold looks like.
(d) The Canadian Mounties.

14. How much food is each prospector required to carry?
(a) Seven hundred pounds.
(b) Four hundred pounds.
(c) None.
(d) 500 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How do Jack and Jason act when they see each other again?

4. How long has Jason been in New York at the beginning of the book?

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

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