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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Prelude take place?
(a) During Gary's second Iditarod race.
(b) Before Gary's second Iditarod race.
(c) Before Gary's first Iditarod race.
(d) During Gary's first Iditarod race.

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

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

4. According to Gary, what is the most important tenet of running dogs?
(a) Change the batteries in your headlamp.
(b) Bring plenty of food for yourself and the dogs.
(c) Follow your instincts.
(d) Home is where you are with the dogs and sled.

5. Which of these things happens between "Nome" and "An End"?
(a) Gary becomes a dog breeder.
(b) Gary returns to trapping and hunting.
(c) Gary moves to Unalakleet.
(d) Gary runs in a second Iditarod race.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Iditarod teams receive prize money?

2. In the opening story of the book, where does Gary end up after he is blown sideways?

3. How long is the run up the Yukon River?

4. What does Gary think as he lies in Dalzell Gorge?

5. What happens to the moose on the trapping trail?

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