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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long are the rapids that are ahead of Jason?
(a) One mile.
(b) Four miles.
(c) Five miles.
(d) Three miles.

3. Where must Jason pass in order to feel safe?
(a) The Straits of Yukon.
(b) Lake Thikitucah.
(c) Fort Sifton.
(d) Fort Klondike.

4. At what date does Jason reach the end of Lake Bennett?
(a) October 1.
(b) August 27.
(c) September 30.
(d) September 23.

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

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

7. Why does Jason decide to hunt bear?
(a) Henderson told him about one that lives in the area.
(b) Goodbody told him about one that lives in the area.
(c) Rhodes told him about one that lives in the area.
(d) Heitermeister told him about one that lives in the area.

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

9. What happens to the ice on the river as Jason and Charlie watch it in the spring?
(a) It thins out enough to cut.
(b) It becomes thicker.
(c) It rises up.
(d) It stays the same.

10. 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.

11. How does Jason's dog respond when he asks him to help?
(a) He licks Jason's face.
(b) He growls.
(c) He sits down and watches Jason.
(d) He slinks away.

12. What does Jason want to do in Dawson City?
(a) Hunt for gold.
(b) Get rid of Charlie.
(c) Get a job.
(d) Find his brothers.

13. What does Jason find Charlie has done when he returns to the cabin?
(a) Let the fire go out.
(b) Broken the table.
(c) Pulled the down quit apart.
(d) Burned all the magazines.

14. Who does Jason talk to a his brothers' business?
(a) No one.
(b) One of the employees running a machine.
(c) The clerk.
(d) The manager.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at a narrow part of the river?

2. What does Jason think would happen to Charlie if Jason died?

3. What part of the caribou does Jason take?

4. What does Jack tell Jason he wants to be?

5. How many bears come out of the den?

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