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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary do when he hears his diagnosis in the last chapter?
(a) He tells the doctor how it all started.
(b) He cries.
(c) He tells the doctor he must be wrong.
(d) He asks to see his family.

2. What is the first thing the doctor in "An End" says to Gary?
(a) "Your wife should be here."
(b) "You are fit as a fiddle."
(c) "The tests are positive."
(d) "You need surgery right away."

3. What does Gary think as he lies in Dalzell Gorge?
(a) "Where am I?"
(b) "Is the race over?"
(c) "Where are my dogs?"
(d) "Why am I lying down?"

4. What becomes strikingly clear when Gary gets to Alaska?
(a) He knows nothing about running dogs long distances.
(b) He is too tired to run in the race.
(c) He won't have enough money to enter the race.
(d) He doesn't have enough dogs for the race.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prelude Gary writes, "The difficulty came because of ____________."

2. What happens to Gary's food at Finger Lake?

3. Why doesn't Gary stop at Kaltag?

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

5. Why doesn't Gary feel pain when the snow hook pierces his boot?

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