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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Race: The Yukon; Unalakleet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What checkpoint is right after the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) Don's Cabin.
(b) Happy Canyon Lodge.
(c) Rainy Pass Lodge.
(d) The Burn Lodge.

2. What does a musher from England say about Happy Canyon?
(a) It's like plummeting.
(b) It's the worst part of the race.
(c) It's like falling.
(d) It's not so bad.

3. How long is the trail that the team runs in "First Snow"?
(a) About one hundred miles.
(b) About ten miles.
(c) About twenty miles.
(d) About seventy miles.

4. Why doesn't Gary stop at Kaltag?
(a) He is anxious to finish the race.
(b) The drunk villagers are bothering him.
(c) There aren't any restaurants.
(d) He isn't tired.

5. What does Ruth think will be Gary's biggest problem in the race?
(a) Having enough supplies.
(b) Getting enough rest.
(c) Getting the dogs to stop at Nome.
(d) Finishing it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth say about running the dogs after the first snow?

2. What does Devil do when Gary says, "Hi"?

3. After Devil falls in "First Snow", why isn't he run over by the sled?

4. After Happy Canyon, what does another musher ask Gary about the race?

5. How many Iditarod teams receive prize money?

(see the answer key)

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