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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jason return to his cabin when he was following tracks?
(a) His water has frozen and needs to drink.
(b) He is too tired to go on.
(c) He has to return to eat.
(d) He lost sight of the animal.

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

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

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

5. Why are the rapids considered so dangerous?
(a) The water is almost a freezing temperatures.
(b) There are too many animals in the rapids.
(c) Box canyons, whirlpools and eddies.
(d) The rocks are sharp granite.

6. What does Jason find at two villages and a cabin?
(a) He barters for food but they do not want anything he offers.
(b) There are dead in each place.
(c) They are all empty.
(d) The villages are empty and the man in the cabin is dead.

7. What does Jason find he has done in the morning?
(a) Fallen asleep in the canoe.
(b) Gotten wet from sleeping near the water.
(c) Dropped his first aid kit over board.
(d) Caught up to many of the boats that was ahead of him.

8. What does Homer write for Jason?
(a) A small play.
(b) A story of Jason's travels.
(c) A poem.
(d) A letter of introduction.

9. What does Jason decide to do about finding a bear?
(a) Try to find something less dangerous.
(b) Cross the river.
(c) Set out a trap.
(d) Go up into the mountains.

10. How long does Jason think it will take him to reach Dawson City after he leaves Lake Bennett?
(a) Two to three weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) A month.
(d) One week.

11. What is Jason's dog supposed to hate doing?
(a) Pulling anything heavy.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Riding in a boat.
(d) Wearing a dog coat.

12. What stuns Abe and Ethan about Jason?
(a) That he came there.
(b) That he found so much gold.
(c) That he has Charlie with them.
(d) How much he has grown and endured.

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

14. What does Jason decide about when to pull over and rest?
(a) He stops at dusk.
(b) He stops at dinner time.
(c) He decides to paddle through the night.
(d) He stops at midnight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the reunion between Jason and his brothers go?

2. How long are the rapids that are ahead of Jason?

3. How many bears come out of the den?

4. About how many boats are on the river?

5. At what date does Jason reach the end of Lake Bennett?

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