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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dogs: Becoming Dog; First Snow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the trail that the team runs in "First Snow"?
(a) About seventy miles.
(b) About one hundred miles.
(c) About ten miles.
(d) About twenty miles.

2. How does Crackers seem when Gary works ointment into the dog's feet at the beginning of the book?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Restless.
(c) Cold.
(d) Grateful.

3. Where are the dogs when Gary sleeps in the Prelude?
(a) Blown down the mountain.
(b) On top of Gary.
(c) Around the fire.
(d) Attached to the sled.

4. What does Gary write is the most important fact about skunks when running dogs?
(a) They may carry rabies.
(b) They are nocturnal.
(c) They stink.
(d) They scare dogs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "First Snow", how much snow is on the ground?

2. What is the "presence" that Gary feels in the Prelude?

3. The Canadian dogs remind Ruth of what?

4. While training for his first race, why doesn't Gary sleep well?

5. What is the setting at the beginning of the book?

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