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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary notice in the picture of a dog team training for the Iditarod?
(a) The musher has cuts and bruises on his face.
(b) The team only has seven dogs.
(c) The team is pulling a whole car.
(d) The musher is wearing mukluks.

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

3. What do the other mushers unofficially vote Gary to be?
(a) Least likely to get out of Anchorage.
(b) Most likely to get trapped in the Burn.
(c) Most likely to be the last to cross the finish line.
(d) Least likely to ask for help.

4. What does Devil do when Gary says, "Hi"?
(a) He wags his tail.
(b) He urinates.
(c) He growls at Gary.
(d) He bites Gary.

5. What does the command "Haw" mean?
(a) Stop.
(b) Right.
(c) Left.
(d) Go.

6. Why is Ruth crying when Gary and the team leave Knik?
(a) She wants to run in the race, too.
(b) She heard that the trail was very dangerous.
(c) She is very tired.
(d) She wants to go home.

7. How many other teams follow Gary onto the trapping trail?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Thirteen.

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

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

10. Where does Gary sleep after his skunk encounter?
(a) In the kennel.
(b) In the tub.
(c) In the bed.
(d) On the couch.

11. At the start of "Beginnings", how long has Gary been running dogs?
(a) Almost a year.
(b) Almost two months.
(c) Almost two years.
(d) He has just started to run dogs.

12. About how many dogs are in downtown Anchorage for the start of the race?
(a) Two thousand.
(b) Four hundred.
(c) Six hundred.
(d) Fourteen hundred.

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

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

15. In the Prelude Gary writes, "The difficulty came because of ____________."
(a) The snow.
(b) A headache.
(c) The terrain.
(d) The "problem" dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth say to Gary right before he starts his dog run with the bike?

2. What becomes Gary's mantra?

3. Why doesn't Gary feel pain when the snow hook pierces his boot?

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

5. Which of these is NOT a mistake Gary makes when he starts training?

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