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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Homer write for Jason?
(a) A poem.
(b) A small play.
(c) A story of Jason's travels.
(d) A letter of introduction.
2. Who helps the people on the river keep moving?
(a) No one.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Jack London.
(d) Mounties.
3. What does Charlie tell Jason about how he feels?
(a) He feels abandoned.
(b) He is happy that him and Jason are friends.
(c) He feels great.
(d) He feels useless.
4. To what is Dawson City compared?
(a) A huge carnival.
(b) A farming community.
(c) A city slum.
(d) A large city.
5. What does Jason think about when he looks at the night sky?
(a) Where his brothers might be.
(b) How far away home is.
(c) There are more stars than he has ever seen.
(d) He'd like to travel to the stars.
6. What does Jason tell Charlie about Charlie being there?
(a) Charlie will have to leave because there is not enough food.
(b) Jason does not want him there.
(c) Jason needs him there.
(d) Jason does not care if he is there or not.
7. What does Jason decide about when to pull over and rest?
(a) He stops at dinner time.
(b) He stops at dusk.
(c) He stops at midnight.
(d) He decides to paddle through the night.
8. What does Jason see for the first time?
(a) A polar bear.
(b) Herds of deer.
(c) A grizzly bear.
(d) The northern lights.
9. What is the part of the Yukon that splits into five channels called?
(a) Five Sisters.
(b) The Five Split.
(c) Five Arms.
(d) Five Fingers.
10. What happens to the ice on the river as Jason and Charlie watch it in the spring?
(a) It becomes thicker.
(b) It thins out enough to cut.
(c) It stays the same.
(d) It rises up.
11. What does Jason decide he must do about the Mounties?
(a) Bribe them.
(b) Develop a plan.
(c) Make sure he has enough weight in his outfit.
(d) Sneak by them.
12. Why does Jason decide to hunt bear?
(a) Rhodes told him about one that lives in the area.
(b) Henderson told him about one that lives in the area.
(c) Goodbody told him about one that lives in the area.
(d) Heitermeister told him about one that lives in the area.
13. Why does Jason return to his cabin when he was following tracks?
(a) His water has frozen and needs to drink.
(b) He has to return to eat.
(c) He is too tired to go on.
(d) He lost sight of the animal.
14. What are the merchants on the river selling?
(a) Maps to the gold.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Milk and livestock and fruit.
(d) There are no merchants on the river.
15. How many bears come out of the den?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jason try to hide from Charlie?
2. In what month does spring thaw arrive where Jason is staying?
3. Why might so many people who are stranded die?
4. What does Jason decide to do to his brothers?
5. How long does Jason stay at Lake Bennett?
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