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

2. Why does the scene along the trail shock Jason?
(a) The cruelty to the animals, especially the horses.
(b) That there are families with young children.
(c) That people are fighting over position on the trail.
(d) The number of people.

3. What does Jason recall Homer saying about this leg of the journey?
(a) He did not mention this leg to Jason.
(b) This is the easiest part of the journey.
(c) Let the boat do your work.
(d) Novices usually fail to get over the water.

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

5. What does Jason name his dog?
(a) King.
(b) Waif.
(c) Killer.
(d) Friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have some people resigned themselves to doing?

2. How does Jason buy food and warming clothing?

3. What does Jason wonder when he prepares to leave again?

4. What is Jason Hawthorn standing in front of with his newspapers?

5. What are the names of Jason's brothers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where and with whom does Jason eat the day he meets Frank Barker?

4. What does Jason learn at Mrs. Beal's boarding house that stuns him?

5. What does Jason use his earnings for and why does he end up collapsed on the trail?

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

7. What does Jason know about his brothers?

8. What does Barker talk about at dinner, what does Barker try to get Jason to do, what is Jason's reply and what is Barker's response?

9. How does Jason keep himself going and what do some people he meets want to know about his dog?

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

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