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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 does Jason learn from some horse packers about his brothers?
(a) They are in the next settlement.
(b) They are not far ahead of him.
(c) They did not come that way.
(d) They have already staked a claim.

2. Where are Jason and his dog when they make it to the top of the answer to question #54?
(a) Canada.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Victoria.
(d) Washington State.

3. What does Jason think is a daunting sight when Jason first sees them?
(a) The Golden Stairs.
(b) The Black Crow switchback.
(c) The Stony Steps.
(d) Pike's Peak.

4. Where do Jason's brothers live?
(a) With their parents.
(b) In Mrs. Beal's boarding house.
(c) With their wives.
(d) At the Downtown Apartment House.

5. What concerns Jason besides the upcoming bad weather?
(a) Not knowing how to pan for gold.
(b) Not having a good map.
(c) Jason thinks he is too young.
(d) His lack of funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are many of the people Jason meets heading back to Skagway going there?

2. Why is Jason beginning to feel more pressure about reaching his goal?

3. Where do Jason and the old man part ways?

4. What does Jason name his dog?

5. What does the older man tell Jason about from his past?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jason get his dog, King, and what happens to the previous owner?

2. Why is Jason feeling pressured, what are some people going to do about the pressure and how does Jason feel about doing that?

3. How does Jason get a canoe?

4. What is in the letter Abraham left for Jason and how is Jason's situation changed by what he learns?

5. When Jason comes back to Skagway, what are people complaining about, who is head of law enforcement and who is working with him?

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

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

8. Where does Jason go in Chapter 13, what does he get and what does he do with it?

9. Why is Jason having a difficult time finding a boat?

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

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