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

2. What does Gary tell the checker about going up Rainy Pass?
(a) "It was a snooze."
(b) "It was a piece of cake."
(c) "It was a cruel joke."
(d) "It was a barrel of fun."

3. According to Gary, what is "that which is cold"?
(a) Alaska.
(b) The Yukon River.
(c) The Alaska Range.
(d) The Iditarod.

4. What happens when the team gets to the end of the driveway to run in the first snow of the season?
(a) A moose appears.
(b) Gary is thrown off the sled.
(c) Gary steers the team to the left.
(d) Cookie turns onto the old trapline trail.

5. How cold do the natives say it gets in The Yukon?
(a) Cold enough that you can't piss.
(b) Cold enough to freeze your nose hairs.
(c) Cold enough that your eyes freeze shut.
(d) Cold enough to spit and have it bounce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old man in Unalakleet say to Gary?

2. Why does Gary stop before reaching Unalakleet?

3. Why doesn't Gary feel pain when the snow hook pierces his boot?

4. What does one of the mushers say when Gary and his team are on the frozen river in Happy Canyon?

5. Along the Yukon River, what does Gary estimate the temperature to be in degrees Fahrenheit?

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