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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Race: McGrath; The Interior.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many dog booties would be needed for one team for the entire race?
(a) Four pairs a day for each dog.
(b) Eleven hundred.
(c) Six hundred.
(d) Two thousand.

2. What does a musher from England say about Happy Canyon?
(a) It's like plummeting.
(b) It's the worst part of the race.
(c) It's not so bad.
(d) It's like falling.

3. In the Prelude, what does Gary notice that finally triggers his "survival code?"
(a) The temperature was dropping.
(b) The tracks behind the sled were filling up quickly.
(c) The dogs were slowing down.
(d) Visibility was getting worse.

4. Gary discovers that this spice helps dogs eat when they're not hungry.
(a) Onion.
(b) Pepper.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Salt.

5. Why is Ruth crying when Gary and the team leave Knik?
(a) She is very tired.
(b) She heard that the trail was very dangerous.
(c) She wants to go home.
(d) She wants to run in the race, too.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary see right after he unzips his sleeping bag and stands up at the end of the Prelude?

2. How do the dogs react when Marge enters the camp?

3. What does Ruth say to Gary after his skunk encounter in "Major Wrecks"?

4. What checkpoint is right after the Finger Lake checkpoint?

5. According to Gary, what is the most important tenet of running dogs?

(see the answer key)

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