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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are conditions for Jason to walk about?
(a) The ground is so frozen walking is easy.
(b) The weather is brutal and walking is very difficult.
(c) The weather has calmed down and the sun is out.
(d) Jason doesn't walk about much.

2. Who first found gold in the area?
(a) Baron von Heitermeister.
(b) Nathiel Goodbody.
(c) Henderson and Carmack.
(d) Paul Rhodes.

3. What does Jason decide he must do about the Mounties?
(a) Make sure he has enough weight in his outfit.
(b) Sneak by them.
(c) Develop a plan.
(d) Bribe them.

4. What does Jason reach at the end of Lake Bennett?
(a) Lake Thikitucah.
(b) The Straits of Yukon.
(c) The Yukon River.
(d) Fort Klondike.

5. What does spring do for the river?
(a) Makes it chunky with ice.
(b) It has no effect on the river.
(c) Makes it dry up.
(d) Makes it passable.

6. What does Jason try to figure out when he finds a bear's den?
(a) How to get the bear back to the cabin.
(b) How to get the bear outside.
(c) Where to shoot a bear to kill it.
(d) How to get inside the den.

7. Where does Jason see his first bull moose?
(a) At night when pulled on the shore to sleep.
(b) On the shore near Laberge.
(c) In the river ahead of him.
(d) Far off on a plain.

8. What job does Charlie take with Jason's brothers?
(a) Assistant bookkeeper.
(b) He does not take a job with them.
(c) Salesman.
(d) Designer.

9. Why doesn't Jason take the entire caribou?
(a) He doesn't really like the taste of caribou.
(b) It would be too heavy for the canoe.
(c) There is no way to perserve it in a short amount of time.
(d) He can't eat that much meat.

10. What does Jason think he might be able to find at a village?
(a) Vegetables and mushrooms.
(b) Extra furs for warmth.
(c) Someone to take them back down.
(d) Fish and meat.

11. What does Jason know he will have to do about the rapids?
(a) Hire a guide.
(b) Portage to the next passable spot.
(c) Go fast and hope for the best.
(d) Make his dog run along the river following him.

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

13. What is Dawson City nicknamed?
(a) The Golden City.
(b) The End of the Road.
(c) The Main Event.
(d) Fool's Paradise.

14. Where are people who are lost stranded?
(a) Vaious mountain passes.
(b) By the shores of the river.
(c) Mostly in small fishing villages.
(d) In the woods below the mountains.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many boats are on the river?

2. In what month does spring thaw arrive where Jason is staying?

3. What breaks twice as Jason and Charlie are watching the river?

4. From where is Charlie originally?

5. What could possibly occur if people are careless on the river?

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