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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many dog booties would be needed for one team for the entire race?
(a) Six hundred.
(b) Eleven hundred.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Four pairs a day for each dog.

2. Where is Shageluk?
(a) Near the Yukon River.
(b) On the coast of the Bering Sea.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) At Norton Sound.

3. How many other mushers are in the house in Shaktolik?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. How does the other musher's lead dog die on the trapping trail?
(a) He dies of old age.
(b) He is attacked by a moose.
(c) He dies of hypothermia.
(d) He dies from a foot infection.

5. What is Gary's initial experience with Rainy Pass?
(a) He finds it more challenging than he had been told.
(b) He finds it difficult.
(c) He finds it easy.
(d) He finds it slower than he thought it would be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary notice in the picture of a dog team training for the Iditarod?

2. What does Gary know about Happy Canyon when he leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?

3. What does one of the mushers say when Gary and his team are on the frozen river in Happy Canyon?

4. What awakens Gary while he is training for his second Iditarod?

5. About how long does Gary and his team stop at the Finger Lake checkpoint?

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