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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. At the start of "Beginnings", how long has Gary been running dogs?
(a) Almost two years.
(b) Almost two months.
(c) Almost a year.
(d) He has just started to run dogs.

2. How many Iditarod teams receive prize money?
(a) First, second, and third.
(b) All teams that cross the finish line.
(c) The first ten.
(d) The first twenty.

3. What does Gary see Marge hunt?
(a) Deer.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Fish.

4. Why do the dogs run towards the beaver on the frozen lake while Gary is training for his first race?
(a) To kill it for food.
(b) To kill it because it is a threat.
(c) To see what it is.
(d) To scare it away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gary attend the pre-race banquet?

2. What does Gary know about Happy Canyon when he leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?

3. Which experience does Gary NOT share with the dogs in "Becoming Dog"?

4. What does Ruth say about running the dogs after the first snow?

5. In the Prelude, what does Gary notice that finally triggers his "survival code?"

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