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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the trip more pleasant for Jason?
(a) Having his dog with him.
(b) The weather is nice.
(c) Having so many people around him.
(d) Knowing he is only a week from seeing his brother.

2. How does Jason end up dealing with the bear or bears?
(a) He kills it or them.
(b) He climbs a tree.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He sets it (them) on fire.

3. How long does Jason stay at Lake Bennett?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three days.
(c) One week.
(d) Two weeks.

4. From where is Charlie originally?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Denver.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

5. Who helps the people on the river keep moving?
(a) Jack London.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Mounties.
(d) No one.

6. What does Jason decide to do to his brothers?
(a) Demand his inheritance.
(b) Scare them.
(c) Write them a letter.
(d) Play a joke.

7. What are the merchants on the river selling?
(a) Clothes.
(b) There are no merchants on the river.
(c) Milk and livestock and fruit.
(d) Maps to the gold.

8. What happens to the cabin where Jason and Charlie have stayed in Chapter 24?
(a) The roof gets a large hole in it.
(b) It is underwater.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It burns down.

9. What does Jason decide to do about getting supplies?
(a) Put out rabbit traps.
(b) Shoot a moose.
(c) Put them on half rations.
(d) Go to the Indian village.

10. About how many boats are on the river?
(a) Thousands.
(b) About twenty.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) A couple hundred.

11. How does the crowd feel when the person in question #113 makes it through the rapids?
(a) Angry.
(b) Curious.
(c) Awed.
(d) Jealous.

12. What sign does Charlie point out to Jason?
(a) Hawthorn Brothers Sawmill.
(b) Hawthorn Merchant Store.
(c) Title and Deeds Office.
(d) Lost and Found.

13. What does Charlie point out to Jason?
(a) A warehouse.
(b) The sheriff's office.
(c) A boarding house.
(d) A tavern.

14. How does the reunion between Jason and his brothers go?
(a) They get into an argument.
(b) It is quiet.
(c) It is joyous.
(d) It is tense.

15. What breaks twice as Jason and Charlie are watching the river?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The rocks on the river.
(c) The dam.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might so many people who are stranded die?

2. What are some of the people on the river called?

3. Who is one of the few persons adventuresome enough to try the rapids?

4. What job does Charlie take with Jason's brothers?

5. What does Jason decide about when to pull over and rest?

(see the answer keys)

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