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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 is the maximum speed of a team in The Interior?
(a) Six miles per hour.
(b) Five miles per hour.
(c) Three miles per hour.
(d) Ten miles per hour.

2. Where is Rainy Pass Lodge?
(a) At the summit of Rainy Pass.
(b) In a mountain valley.
(c) In a depression.
(d) On a mountain peak.

3. What is the setting at the beginning of the book?
(a) In the Colorado mountains.
(b) Near the Alaska Range.
(c) In the northern woods of Minnesota.
(d) On the Iditarod trail.

4. What did Gary ship to each checkpoint for the dogs?
(a) Turkey gizzards.
(b) Sweaters.
(c) Extra booties.
(d) Beds.

5. What does Gary know about Happy Canyon when he leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) It is soon after Finger Lake.
(b) It is between Finger Lake and Rainy Pass.
(c) It is a near-vertical drop.
(d) It goes down a cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth say to Gary right before he starts his dog run with the bike?

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

3. What are the buffalo doing in The Burn?

4. What does it mean when a musher comes from "Down Below"?

5. How many meals does Gary eat at the cafe in Nikolai?

(see the answer key)

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