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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. How many miles is The Burn?
(a) Fifty-three.
(b) One hundred seventeen.
(c) Thirty-seven.
(d) Ninety-two.

2. Where is Rainy Pass Lodge?
(a) In a depression.
(b) In a mountain valley.
(c) At the summit of Rainy Pass.
(d) On a mountain peak.

3. How many dogs does Gary take to Alaska?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seven.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twelve.

4. What is one way that Cookie does NOT alert Gary to danger in Norton Sound?
(a) She comes to a dead stop.
(b) She gets up on her tiptoes.
(c) She raises her tail straight up.
(d) She slows her pace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gary describe the terrain of The Interior?

2. To what does Gary compare the intensity of his hunger in Nikolai?

3. What does Gary do when he starts to get really cold in The Yukon?

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

5. How far does Gary and his team get before leaving the trail from Anchorage?

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