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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. How far does Gary and his team get before leaving the trail from Anchorage?
(a) Less than fifty yards.
(b) Two blocks.
(c) Ten miles.
(d) A mile.

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

3. What time does the banquet end?
(a) An hour before the start of the race.
(b) Six in the morning.
(c) Three in the morning.
(d) Midnight.

4. According to Gary, what is "the be-all and end-all of running dogs on the Iditarod"?
(a) Healthy dogs.
(b) A tight tug.
(c) Experience.
(d) A healthy musher.

5. How do the dogs react when Marge enters the camp?
(a) They fight with her.
(b) They chase her away.
(c) They bark at her.
(d) They wag their tails and nuzzle her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Crackers seem when Gary works ointment into the dog's feet at the beginning of the book?

3. In "Dogs from Hell," which of these things does NOT happen to Gary when he was looking for the dogs?

4. What do the other mushers unofficially vote Gary to be?

5. When does Gary start thinking like a dog?

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