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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 "that which is cold"?
(a) The Alaska Range.
(b) Alaska.
(c) The Iditarod.
(d) The Yukon River.

2. Along the Yukon River, what does Gary estimate the temperature to be in degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) Sixty below.
(b) Forty below.
(c) Eighty below.
(d) Thirty below.

3. When does Gary start thinking like a dog?
(a) When he is bitten by one of his dogs.
(b) When he harnesses himself to the team.
(c) When he spends the day on his hands and knees.
(d) When he sleeps with them in the kennel.

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

5. In "First Snow", how much snow is on the ground?
(a) None--it melted right away.
(b) Four or five inches.
(c) A dusting.
(d) A foot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often should a dog's feet be examined while running the Iditarod?

3. How many Iditarod teams receive prize money?

4. In the Prelude, what does Gary notice that finally triggers his "survival code?"

5. What does Gary think as he lies in Dalzell Gorge?

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