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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Race: Pre-Race; Eagle River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary say he had when he started training for his first Iditarod?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Help.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Money.

2. What is Gary's number for the race?
(a) Fifty-three.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Fifteen.

3. According to Gary, what is the most important tenet of running dogs?
(a) Home is where you are with the dogs and sled.
(b) Change the batteries in your headlamp.
(c) Follow your instincts.
(d) Bring plenty of food for yourself and the dogs.

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

5. What happens when the team gets to the end of the driveway to run in the first snow of the season?
(a) Cookie turns onto the old trapline trail.
(b) Gary is thrown off the sled.
(c) Gary steers the team to the left.
(d) A moose appears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth think will be Gary's biggest problem in the race?

2. Where does Gary get the old bike he uses for dog running?

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

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

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

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