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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the distance between Iditarod and Shageluk?
(a) One hundred fifty miles.
(b) Fifty miles.
(c) One hundred miles.
(d) Two hundred miles.

2. What checkpoint is right after the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) The Burn Lodge.
(b) Happy Canyon Lodge.
(c) Rainy Pass Lodge.
(d) Don's Cabin.

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

4. What does the old man in Unalakleet say to Gary?
(a) "You have become one of them."
(b) "You need to eat more."
(c) "You need to see a doctor."
(d) "You should turn back."

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

6. Why does it seem like Rainy Pass should be difficult to run?
(a) The snow is so deep.
(b) The wind is so strong.
(c) It is sheer ice.
(d) The teams have to cross the Alaska Range.

7. Outside Shageluk, where is the musher who belongs to the abandoned sled?
(a) Behind some bushes.
(b) Lying on the ground.
(c) In her sleeping bag.
(d) On a large boulder.

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

9. Why does Gary stop right after leaving Ophir?
(a) Gary wants to buy something at the store.
(b) The sled is dragging funny.
(c) Another team wants to run with Gary's team.
(d) Gary needs to urinate.

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

11. About how many miles is The Interior portion of the race?
(a) A thousand.
(b) Seven hundred.
(c) One hundred fifty.
(d) Three hundred.

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

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

14. How does Gary get through the bitterly cold nights in The Yukon?
(a) He snuggles into his sleeping bag.
(b) He makes a fire.
(c) He runs in spurts.
(d) He drinks hot tea.

15. Where is Shageluk?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) Near the Yukon River.
(c) At Norton Sound.
(d) On the coast of the Bering Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An End", what is the doctor wearing?

2. Where is Norton Sound located?

3. What happens when Gary steps off his sled while in the basin?

4. What is Gary doing when he almost runs into another sled and team outside Shageluk?

5. Gary writes that dogs will die before they lose what?

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