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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. Why doesn't Gary feel pain when the snow hook pierces his boot?
(a) The point landed between two of his toes.
(b) The point didn't go in very deep.
(c) The point was dull.
(d) The snow hook was pulled right back out.

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

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

4. Who is the Doughnut man?
(a) A musher who gave doughnuts to the other mushers.
(b) A musher who is so fat he looks like a doughnut hole.
(c) A musher who ate two dozen doughnuts in one sitting.
(d) A checker who passes out doughnuts at all the rest stops.

5. Why doesn't Gary stop at Kaltag?
(a) The drunk villagers are bothering him.
(b) He isn't tired.
(c) He is anxious to finish the race.
(d) There aren't any restaurants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gary thinking about when he first sees the lights of Nome?

2. At Don's Cabin, why is the Doughnut man so angry?

3. Why is Gary lying down in Dalzell Gorge?

4. When does the Iditarod race start?

5. How many dogs does Gary take to Alaska?

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