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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Homer sell to come to the gold fields?
(a) His family farm.
(b) Two horses and a carriage.
(c) His stock shares.
(d) His summer crop.

2. What does Jason wonder when he prepares to leave again?
(a) If he is half crazy.
(b) If his mother is worried.
(c) If he will ever see his father again.
(d) If his brothers are still alive.

3. How many boats are leaving the shore each day?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Sixty.

4. What is Jason's hometown?
(a) Seattle.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Denver.
(d) Portland.

5. Where is the place in question #11?
(a) Upstate New York.
(b) In Washington state.
(c) At the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon Rivers.
(d) In British Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason say about his parents?

2. What kind of a job does Jason get?

3. What is the name of the first lake Jason has to cross?

4. What does Jack say about seeing Jason again?

5. How much does Jason decide to borrow from his brothers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long does it take Jason to get across Bennett and what are his hopes?

2. Who are Homer and Jamie Dunavant and what is their story?

3. What do Jamie and Homer do that amazes the crowds and what does Homer say about the location?

4. On what date is Jason Hawthorn hawking papers, where is he, what is the big news and what does Jason want to have the opportunity to do?

5. What does Jason find out when he arrives in Bennett and what does he wonder about as far as what to do?

6. What does the person in question #21 tell Jason and what does he offer Jason? How does Jason feel about the offer?

7. How does Jason get a job in Skagway?

8. What kind of fantasy does Jason think about and what does he think his brothers will do about the news?

9. What does one have to take to get to Canada and how does Jason manage it?

10. Upon what ship is Jason stowed away on, what does he hear and what can he not know because of the noise?

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