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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 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 to spit and have it bounce.
(d) Cold enough that your eyes freeze shut.

2. Out of seventy teams, where is Gary and his team running when they reach Nikolai?
(a) In the twenties.
(b) In the thirties.
(c) In the sixties.
(d) In the forties

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

4. What does Ruth say to Gary after his skunk encounter in "Major Wrecks"?
(a) "What's that smell?"
(b) "Why don't you change your clothes?"
(c) "You need a shower."
(d) "What happened to you?"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary notice in the picture of a dog team training for the Iditarod?

2. What does Ruth say to Gary when she brings him soup in "Beginnings"?

3. Where does the trapping trail outside of Anchorage end?

4. What does Gary do when he finds a snared doe while training for his first race?

5. How does the other musher's lead dog die on the trapping trail?

(see the answer key)

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