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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. What does Ruth say to Gary after his skunk encounter in "Major Wrecks"?
(a) "What's that smell?"
(b) "What happened to you?"
(c) "Why don't you change your clothes?"
(d) "You need a shower."

2. How many other teams follow Gary onto the trapping trail?
(a) Twenty-seven.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Thirteen.

3. What does Gary do when he finds a snared doe while training for his first race?
(a) He curses then moves his team along.
(b) He watches the doe free herself.
(c) He watches the doe struggle and finally die.
(d) He cuts off the noose.

4. What does it mean when a musher comes from "Down Below"?
(a) He or she comes from a place with below-zero temperatures.
(b) He or she is from the lower forty-eight states.
(c) When racing, he or she comes from behind to win the race.
(d) He or she is a native of Alaska.

5. What does Gary do when he first gets home after he encounters the snared doe?
(a) He sits on top of Cookie's house.
(b) He makes a fire.
(c) He quietly enters the house and gets into bed.
(d) He goes to the kitchen to get food.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gary, what is "the be-all and end-all of running dogs on the Iditarod"?

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

3. When do Gary and the dogs arrive in Alaska?

4. Nikolai is about what temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

5. Where is the true start of the race?

(see the answer key)

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