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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 the old man in Unalakleet say to Gary?
(a) "You should turn back."
(b) "You need to see a doctor."
(c) "You need to eat more."
(d) "You have become one of them."

2. When does Gary start thinking like a dog?
(a) When he sleeps with them in the kennel.
(b) When he is bitten by one of his dogs.
(c) When he harnesses himself to the team.
(d) When he spends the day on his hands and knees.

3. What does the checker at Finger lake offer to Gary's team?
(a) Booties.
(b) Fresh meat.
(c) Ointment.
(d) Straw beds.

4. Where does Gary finally get his first real sleep?
(a) On his sled.
(b) In a cabin.
(c) Next to the fire.
(d) In a lodge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gary, what is "the be-all and end-all of running dogs on the Iditarod"?

2. What does the reporter ask Gary at the finish line?

3. Where is Norton Sound located?

4. What becomes Gary's mantra?

5. Why isn't Gary worried when he doesn't see any other teams on the trail after he leaves Anchorage?

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