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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time does the banquet end?
(a) An hour before the start of the race.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Six in the morning.
(d) Three in the morning.

3. What happens when the team gets to the end of the driveway to run in the first snow of the season?
(a) Gary is thrown off the sled.
(b) A moose appears.
(c) Cookie turns onto the old trapline trail.
(d) Gary steers the team to the left.

4. What happens to Gary's food at Finger Lake?
(a) He gives it to his dogs.
(b) It mixes with the dogs' food.
(c) It is stolen.
(d) It is rotten and must be thrown away.

5. What does Ruth say to Gary right before he starts his dog run with the bike?
(a) "I hope to see you for dinner tonight, in one piece."
(b) "Let me help you harness those rascals."
(c) "Don't you think you might have rather more dogs than you need?"
(d) "Be careful this time. You know what happened during your last run."

6. Where is the first official race checkpoint?
(a) Anchorage.
(b) Skwentna.
(c) Eagle River.
(d) Knik.

7. What does Gary see right after he unzips his sleeping bag and stands up at the end of the Prelude?
(a) The sled.
(b) The Alaska Range.
(c) The food bag.
(d) His dogs.

8. Where does Gary get the old bike he uses for dog running?
(a) He found it in the barn.
(b) It was his childhood bike.
(c) From a neighbor.
(d) At an auction.

9. How often should a dog's feet be examined while running the Iditarod?
(a) Three times a day.
(b) At the end of every day.
(c) In the morning and in the evening.
(d) Every half hour.

10. The mushers need to be in Anchorage how long before the start of the race?
(a) Two days.
(b) A week.
(c) Two hours.
(d) The night.

11. About how many miles does Gary add by taking the wrong trail out of Anchorage?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Four hundred.
(c) One hundred twenty.
(d) Twenty.

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

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

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

15. In the Prelude, what does Gary notice that finally triggers his "survival code?"
(a) The dogs were slowing down.
(b) Visibility was getting worse.
(c) The temperature was dropping.
(d) The tracks behind the sled were filling up quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary do when he first gets home after he encounters the snared doe?

2. When does the Prelude take place?

3. How does Crackers seem when Gary works ointment into the dog's feet at the beginning of the book?

4. How long does it take Gary to get to Alaska?

5. According to Gary, what is the race primarily about?

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