2. Why would Joe be expected to make for the Mongolian border?
(a) He has family there.
(b) It is the least distance.
(c) They would sell him weapons.
(d) It is controlled by the British.

3. What might aid Joe's dash to the forest?
(a) Fear of being shot.
(b) A sled.
(c) Thawing of the snow.
(d) Running on all fours.

4. Why does Joe think mine workers lived in the old building?
(a) There is a miner's lamp.
(b) There are enough bunks for a dozen men.
(c) The water trough is full of mining tools.
(d) There are old mining coats hanging on the wall.

5. What does Shepilov not have in Kyra's eyes?
(a) He is lacking in ambition.
(b) He is lacking in energy.
(c) He tries too hard.
(d) He is not very intelligent.

6. What animal dislikes Joe's smell?
(a) A salmon in the stream.
(b) A brown bear.
(c) A wild grouse in the trees.
(d) A forest deer.

7. What raises Zamatev's suspicions that he is being followed?
(a) Footprints in the snow.
(b) A secret message in his stack of daily documents.
(c) A little car.
(d) Kyra's nosiness.

8. Who is Martin Lap?
(a) An American pilot.
(b) A Lithuanian poet.
(c) A Russian architect.
(d) A Siberian tracker.

9. What rank does Zamatev want by fifty?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Field Marshal.
(d) Chief Commander.

10. Which region would provide Joe more game?
(a) South to the Amur region.
(b) The northern Ob region.
(c) Yenisei lands to the west.
(d) Along the Lena river in the east.

11. What does Mac say he will do to Peshkov if he tries to anything again?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Maime him.
(c) Castrate him.
(d) Turn him in.

12. Why is Kyra so confused?
(a) She is suspicious of her driver Stegman.
(b) She does not understand what motivates Wulff.
(c) Alekhin's clues seem misleading.
(d) Siberia is so vast a place to look for one man.

13. What are Zamatev's roots?
(a) Siberian.
(b) Ukrainian.
(c) Manchurian.
(d) Yakutian.

14. Why did the Indians lose to the white man according to Joe?
(a) The white man had better armour.
(b) The Indians did not know how to fight short term battles.
(c) The Indians were not good at fighting in the cold.
(d) The white man attacked in spring and caught them by surprise.

15. Why is Zhikarev so worried?
(a) The recent batch of furs is poor in quality.
(b) His feet are feeling better.
(c) His cabbage soup is too thin.
(d) Wulff is normally more reserved.