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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What awakens Gary while he is training for his second Iditarod?
(a) One of the dogs.
(b) A loud noise.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) The extreme cold.

3. What does Gary write is the most important fact about skunks when running dogs?
(a) They scare dogs.
(b) They may carry rabies.
(c) They stink.
(d) They are nocturnal.

4. What is one mistake that Gary makes right before the race starts?
(a) He changes his lead dog.
(b) He gets in the wrong line order.
(c) He forgets to tie up the dogs.
(d) He forgets to bring his hat.

5. Which experience does Gary NOT share with the dogs in "Becoming Dog"?
(a) He urinates in the kennel.
(b) He cooks in the kennel.
(c) He sings a night song with the dogs.
(d) He eats the dogs' food.

6. What is something Gary does NOT ask at the pre-race rookie meeting?
(a) "What are suckholes?"
(b) "Why is the Burn so dangerous?"
(c) "What's the Burn?"
(d) "If you can't see then how do you watch for them?"

7. What does Gary see Marge hunt?
(a) Grouse.
(b) Fish.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Deer.

8. What does Gary do when he first gets home after he encounters the snared doe?
(a) He makes a fire.
(b) He quietly enters the house and gets into bed.
(c) He sits on top of Cookie's house.
(d) He goes to the kitchen to get food.

9. When does the Iditarod race start?
(a) Early March.
(b) Late January.
(c) Early January.
(d) Early April.

10. While training for his first race, why doesn't Gary sleep well?
(a) The dogs are whining.
(b) A moose comes too close.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) The scenery is too beautiful.

11. How do the dogs react when Marge enters the camp?
(a) They wag their tails and nuzzle her.
(b) They fight with her.
(c) They chase her away.
(d) They bark at her.

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

13. In "Dogs from Hell," which of these things does NOT happen to Gary when he was looking for the dogs?
(a) He gets caught in the rain.
(b) He is covered with wood ticks.
(c) He wades in a swamp.
(d) He is bitten by mosquitoes.

14. Why doesn't Gary shoot the beaver in "Beginnings" after he aims his gun?
(a) He decided the beaver wasn't a threat.
(b) He decided it was wrong.
(c) His dogs startled him.
(d) He fell on the ice.

15. Where does the trapping trail outside of Anchorage end?
(a) At a river.
(b) At the edge of a canyon.
(c) At a cabin.
(d) At a vertical rock face.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Prelude take place?

2. What does Gary say he had when he started training for his first Iditarod?

3. When does Gary start thinking like a dog?

4. What becomes Gary's mantra?

5. In the Prelude Gary writes, "The difficulty came because of ____________."

(see the answer keys)

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