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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 happens to the ice on the river as Jason and Charlie watch it in the spring?
(a) It stays the same.
(b) It becomes thicker.
(c) It rises up.
(d) It thins out enough to cut.

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

3. Why is Jack looking poorly?
(a) He has TB.
(b) He did not find any gold.
(c) He broke his leg and it is infected.
(d) He contracted scruvy.

4. What does Jason see for the first time?
(a) A grizzly bear.
(b) The northern lights.
(c) Herds of deer.
(d) A polar bear.

5. Where does Jason see his first bull moose?
(a) On the shore near Laberge.
(b) At night when pulled on the shore to sleep.
(c) In the river ahead of him.
(d) Far off on a plain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bears come out of the den?

2. What are some of the people on the river called?

3. How is Jason feeling towards Charlie by Chapter 20?

4. What does Jason decide to do about getting supplies?

5. What does the man who helps Jason with his caribou say about the Mounties and August?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are others doing with the caribou and what does Jason do?

2. What lies ahead on the river, who manages to pass it and how does the crowd feel about him?

3. What mars Jason meeting up with Jack again?

4. How does Jason see Jamie again?

5. How do the boys pass the time and what is learned about Henderson's story?

6. What happens when Jason is at the bear cave?

7. What does Jason decide is their only option for survival?

8. How does Jason meet Charlie?

9. What is Jason trying to hide from Charlie and when Charlie discovers it what does the boy realize? What is Jason's response?

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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