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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Jack say is a fair trade for the outfit?
(a) Jason's dog.
(b) Two bits of silver.
(c) Jason's help with the horses.
(d) Some of Jason's stories.

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

5. What is the name of the first lake Jason has to cross?
(a) Berryman's Turn.
(b) Pashaw.
(c) Crystal Lake.
(d) Lindeman.

6. What have some people resigned themselves to doing?
(a) No finding any gold.
(b) Starving to death.
(c) Going home.
(d) Waiting out the winter and leaving in the spring.

7. How does Jason feel about Jack's offer?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) Jason is shocked.
(c) Jason is curious.
(d) He is distrusting.

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

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

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

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

12. Upon what ship does Jason stow away?
(a) The Belle of the Sea.
(b) The Seagull.
(c) The Yakima.
(d) Lucinda.

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

14. Why is Jason unable to find a boat to take him down the river?
(a) They don't want to take such a young person.
(b) There are too many people who have too many pounds.
(c) He does not have any money.
(d) His outfit is too heavy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Jason after he passes out on the trail?

2. Why does the scene along the trail shock Jason?

3. What is Jason's hometown?

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

5. How many boats are leaving the shore each day?

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