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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During race training, how long does Marge stay with Gary and his team?
(a) Three days.
(b) One week.
(c) One night and the next morning.
(d) One night.

2. Why does Gary attend the pre-race banquet?
(a) He isn't tired.
(b) It is mandatory.
(c) He wants to meet other mushers.
(d) He has completed his last-minute preparations.

3. How long does Gary spend in the back of the truck with the dogs when he brings them home from Canada?
(a) All night.
(b) Less than 30 minutes.
(c) All day.
(d) Three hours.

4. What does Ruth say about running the dogs after the first snow?
(a) "Take only seven dogs."
(b) "Wait until tomorrow."
(c) "Take the light sled."
(d) "Bring plenty of supplies."

5. What does Ruth say to Gary after his skunk encounter in "Major Wrecks"?
(a) "You need a shower."
(b) "What's that smell?"
(c) "Why don't you change your clothes?"
(d) "What happened to you?"

6. What does Gary say he had when he started training for his first Iditarod?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Help.
(d) Money.

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

8. How far does Gary and his team get before leaving the trail from Anchorage?
(a) A mile.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) Two blocks.
(d) Less than fifty yards.

9. How many dogs does Gary take to Alaska?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seven.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

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

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

12. After Devil falls in "First Snow", why isn't he run over by the sled?
(a) Murphy pulled Devil up by his harness.
(b) The sled swerved away from Devil.
(c) The sled stopped just in time.
(d) Devil rolled out of the way.

13. About how long does Gary and his team stop at the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) A day.
(b) One hour.
(c) All night.
(d) Four hours.

14. According to Gary, what is "the be-all and end-all of running dogs on the Iditarod"?
(a) A tight tug.
(b) A healthy musher.
(c) Healthy dogs.
(d) Experience.

15. What is Gary's number for the race?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Fifty-three.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Gary harness his "problem" dogs?

2. Where are the dogs when Gary sleeps in the Prelude?

3. At the start of "Beginnings", how long has Gary been running dogs?

4. The mushers need to be in Anchorage how long before the start of the race?

5. What is the setting at the beginning of the book?

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