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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gary stop before reaching Unalakleet?
(a) He is famished.
(b) The dogs are whining.
(c) The dogs need to be snacked.
(d) He sees a campfire.

2. What is the major challenge in The Burn?
(a) Fallen trees.
(b) The gorge.
(c) Deep snow.
(d) The river.

3. Which of these mountains must be crossed between Koyuk and Nome?
(a) McKinley.
(b) Nome.
(c) Denali.
(d) Topcok.

4. Why doesn't Gary stop at Kaltag?
(a) The drunk villagers are bothering him.
(b) He isn't tired.
(c) There aren't any restaurants.
(d) He is anxious to finish the race.

5. How many meals does Gary eat at the cafe in Nikolai?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

6. What does Gary do when he starts to get really cold in The Yukon?
(a) He puts sweaters on the dogs.
(b) He stops to rest for the night.
(c) He ignores the cold, hoping it is only temporary.
(d) He stops and puts on warmer clothes.

7. Where is Don's Cabin?
(a) Between Ophir and Iditarod.
(b) Between Ray's Lodge and Ophir.
(c) Between Iditarod and Shageluk.
(d) Between Iditarod and Rainy Pass.

8. At Don's Cabin, why is the Doughnut man so angry?
(a) His dogs won't get up.
(b) One of his dogs bites him.
(c) He wants to win the race.
(d) Gary won't share his food.

9. What does one of the mushers say when Gary and his team are on the frozen river in Happy Canyon?
(a) "Your head is bleeding."
(b) "You're going to get yourself killed."
(c) "I'm going to do it that way next year."
(d) "I didn't think you were going to make it."

10. For whom is the ham radio operator looking?
(a) One of the checkers.
(b) A lost dog.
(c) The person in charge of the race.
(d) A fellow musher.

11. How many teams stop at Don's Cabin, including Gary's team?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

12. What does a musher from England say about Happy Canyon?
(a) It's like falling.
(b) It's not so bad.
(c) It's the worst part of the race.
(d) It's like plummeting.

13. How many full teams are in the basin?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Nine.
(d) Thirteen.

14. How long is the run up the Yukon River?
(a) Three hundred miles.
(b) Two hundred fifty miles.
(c) Four hundred miles.
(d) Two hundred miles.

15. How long is the run in Dalzell Gorge?
(a) Fifty miles.
(b) Twenty miles.
(c) Forty miles.
(d) Thirty miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary tell the checker about going up Rainy Pass?

2. At the end of the book, who does the doctor see right before he sees Gary?

3. What do the caribou do when Gary and his team run close to them outside Shageluk?

4. What does another musher say when Gary leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?

5. To what does Gary compare the intensity of his hunger in Nikolai?

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