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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beginnings: Dogs from Hell; Major Wrecks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "presence" that Gary feels in the Prelude?
(a) One of his dogs.
(b) His sled.
(c) A mountain of snow.
(d) Another musher.

2. In "Dogs from Hell," which of these things does NOT happen to Gary when he was looking for the dogs?
(a) He wades in a swamp.
(b) He is bitten by mosquitoes.
(c) He is covered with wood ticks.
(d) He gets caught in the rain.

3. Why doesn't Gary shoot the beaver in "Beginnings" after he aims his gun?
(a) He decided the beaver wasn't a threat.
(b) His dogs startled him.
(c) He fell on the ice.
(d) He decided it was wrong.

4. Where does Gary sleep after his skunk encounter?
(a) In the tub.
(b) On the couch.
(c) In the bed.
(d) In the kennel.

5. In the Prelude Gary writes, "The difficulty came because of ____________."
(a) The terrain.
(b) The snow.
(c) A headache.
(d) The "problem" dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the dogs when Gary sleeps in the Prelude?

2. Why does Gary carry a gun?

3. What does Gary say he had when he started training for his first Iditarod?

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

5. When does the Prelude take place?

(see the answer key)

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