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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Race: Skwentna; Finger Lake.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Gary's food at Finger Lake?
(a) He gives it to his dogs.
(b) It is stolen.
(c) It mixes with the dogs' food.
(d) It is rotten and must be thrown away.

3. While training for his first race, why doesn't Gary sleep well?
(a) A moose comes too close.
(b) The dogs are whining.
(c) The scenery is too beautiful.
(d) He is hungry.

4. During race training, how long does Marge stay with Gary and his team?
(a) One night.
(b) One night and the next morning.
(c) One week.
(d) Three days.

5. About how many miles does Gary add by taking the wrong trail out of Anchorage?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One hundred twenty.
(d) Four hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many teams entered the race?

2. Why does Gary carry a gun?

3. How far does Gary and his team get before leaving the trail from Anchorage?

4. What becomes strikingly clear when Gary gets to Alaska?

5. The Canadian dogs remind Ruth of what?

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