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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. Why are Jamie and Homer leaving Dawson City?
(a) To spend their gold.
(b) To return home to farming.
(c) To tour the United States.
(d) To find Jamie's mother.

2. What does Jason find out he needs to let Charlie do?
(a) Help out around the cabin.
(b) Talk to Jason more.
(c) Learn how to live without a foot.
(d) Leave before the weather gets really bad.

3. What is in the tent Jason found?
(a) A dead dog.
(b) Two men frozen solid.
(c) One dead men and a lot of food.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does Jason know he will have to do about the rapids?
(a) Hire a guide.
(b) Make his dog run along the river following him.
(c) Go fast and hope for the best.
(d) Portage to the next passable spot.

5. What makes the trip more pleasant for Jason?
(a) Having so many people around him.
(b) The weather is nice.
(c) Having his dog with him.
(d) Knowing he is only a week from seeing his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has saved Jason when he is injured by the bull moose?

2. To what is Dawson City compared?

3. How long are the rapids that are ahead of Jason?

4. What are many of the Klondikers doing with the caribou?

5. Why are the bull moose fighting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake does Jason make with a bull moose and what is the result?

2. Where does Jason wake up after his accident?

3. Why is Jason frustrated with Charlie?

4. How does Jason finally get to see Jamie and what does she tell him?

5. How does Jason meet Charlie?

6. What happens on the river because of the number of people on it and who are on it besides Klondikers?

7. What does Jason worry about at the lake and what does he decide he has to have?

8. What significant day is coming up in Chapter 22 and how is that time of year affecting the people in the area?

9. What mars Jason meeting up with Jack again?

10. What is Homer's last poem at Dawson City about and what does Jamie say to Jason about possibilities in the future?

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