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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the distance between Shaktolik and Koyuk?
(a) One hundred five miles.
(b) Fifty-five miles.
(c) Seventy-five miles.
(d) Eighty-five miles.

2. What is the "presence" that Gary feels in the Prelude?
(a) One of his dogs.
(b) A mountain of snow.
(c) His sled.
(d) Another musher.

3. What happens during Gary's second night in the kennel?
(a) Devil wags his tail at Gary.
(b) Devil destroys Gary's sleeping bag.
(c) Devil sleeps on top of Gary.
(d) Gary decides he won't use a sleeping bag.

4. What is the distance between Iditarod and Shageluk?
(a) One hundred fifty miles.
(b) Fifty miles.
(c) Two hundred miles.
(d) One hundred miles.

5. What happens to the moose on the trapping trail?
(a) The other musher shoots her.
(b) She runs ahead to attack another team.
(c) Gary attacks her with an ax.
(d) She gets bored and leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles is The Burn?

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

3. According to Gary, what is "that which is cold"?

4. What is the first thing the doctor in "An End" says to Gary?

5. Where is the first official race checkpoint?

(see the answer key)

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