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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dogs: Alaska.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary do when he first gets home after he encounters the snared doe?
(a) He sits on top of Cookie's house.
(b) He makes a fire.
(c) He quietly enters the house and gets into bed.
(d) He goes to the kitchen to get food.

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

3. When do Gary and the dogs arrive in Alaska?
(a) Late December.
(b) Late November.
(c) Early February.
(d) Late January.

4. What is the setting at the beginning of the book?
(a) On the Iditarod trail.
(b) In the northern woods of Minnesota.
(c) Near the Alaska Range.
(d) In the Colorado mountains.

5. What becomes strikingly clear when Gary gets to Alaska?
(a) He won't have enough money to enter the race.
(b) He doesn't have enough dogs for the race.
(c) He is too tired to run in the race.
(d) He knows nothing about running dogs long distances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth say to Gary right before he starts his dog run with the bike?

2. What does the command "Haw" mean?

3. In the Prelude Gary writes, "The difficulty came because of ____________."

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

5. According to Gary, what is the race primarily about?

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