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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 his brothers will wait for him.
(c) If he should go home.
(d) If he should travel with someone.

2. What is the name of the first lake Jason has to cross?
(a) Lindeman.
(b) Berryman's Turn.
(c) Pashaw.
(d) Crystal Lake.

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

4. What does Jason want to learn from the older man?
(a) What to do if caught hopping rail cars.
(b) What it takes to get to Klondike.
(c) How to make a wife happy.
(d) What is the best warm states in America.

5. By Chapter 11, how many more places does Jason have to go to meet up with his brothers?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) He doesn't know.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Jason have to do if he takes the outfit?

2. How does Jason feel about Jack's offer?

3. To what does Jason compare himself as he walks?

4. What does Jason think while he is walking?

5. How does Jason eat as he heads towards Chilkoot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jason get a canoe?

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

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

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

5. What does the old man on the train talk about that does not interest Jason much and what does he learn from the old man?

6. How does Jason get off the beach where the sailors dumped him?

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

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

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

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