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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Race: Norton Sound; Nome.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Gary, what is the race primarily about?
(a) Perseverance.
(b) Caring for the dogs.
(c) Being knowledgeable.
(d) Instinct.

2. What does Devil do to another dog in Dalzell Gorge?
(a) Scratch his eye out.
(b) Bite his ear off.
(c) Claw a hole in his side.
(d) Bite his toe off.

3. What did Gary ship to each checkpoint for the dogs?
(a) Extra booties.
(b) Turkey gizzards.
(c) Sweaters.
(d) Beds.

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

5. Outside Shageluk, where is the musher who belongs to the abandoned sled?
(a) Lying on the ground.
(b) In her sleeping bag.
(c) Behind some bushes.
(d) On a large boulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reporter ask Gary at the finish line?

2. About how long does Gary and his team stop at the Finger Lake checkpoint?

3. Where does Gary sleep after his skunk encounter?

4. What does it mean when a musher comes from "Down Below"?

5. What are the buffalo doing in The Burn?

(see the answer key)

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