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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 wonder when he arrives at Lake Bennett?
(a) Where Jack is going.
(b) If he should travel with someone.
(c) If his brothers will wait for him.
(d) If he should go home.

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

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

4. How long does it take Jason to get home from New York?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Seven days.
(c) Eight days.
(d) A month.

5. What does Jack say about seeing Jason again?
(a) He figured Jason had given up.
(b) He wish he had known they were going to meet again.
(c) He thought Jason was too young to be friends.
(d) He thought Jason might be dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Jason after he passes out on the trail?

2. What kind of a job does Jason get?

3. What worries people who are on the boat?

4. What does Jason think is a daunting sight when Jason first sees them?

5. What might stand in Jason's way besides the weather?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jason get a job in Skagway?

2. Why would the problem in question #29 stand in Jason's way? What does Jason wonder about himself?

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

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

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

6. With whom does Jason meet up again at the beginning of Chapter 12 and what do they do when they see each other?

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

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

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

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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