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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the book, who does the doctor see right before he sees Gary?
(a) A child.
(b) Gary's wife.
(c) A gunshot victim.
(d) Gary's son.

2. What is Gary's initial experience with Rainy Pass?
(a) He finds it slower than he thought it would be.
(b) He finds it easy.
(c) He finds it more challenging than he had been told.
(d) He finds it difficult.

3. What does Gary tell the checker about going up Rainy Pass?
(a) "It was a piece of cake."
(b) "It was a snooze."
(c) "It was a barrel of fun."
(d) "It was a cruel joke."

4. How does Gary spend most of his time in Dalzell Gorge?
(a) On his face.
(b) On his sled.
(c) On his back.
(d) On his butt.

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

6. Where is the second to last checkpoint?
(a) At Koyuk.
(b) At Mt. Denali.
(c) At Norton Sound.
(d) At White Mountain.

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

8. What is Gary doing when he almost runs into another sled and team outside Shageluk?
(a) Replacing the batteries in his headlamp.
(b) Cleaning his boots.
(c) Adjusting the tug line.
(d) Looking for a candy bar.

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

10. What is Gary's diagnosis at the end of the book?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Coronary heart disease.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Old age.

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

12. What is Gary thinking about when he first sees the lights of Nome?
(a) The possibility that he will lose his toes to frostbite.
(b) The old man who had asked him to live on the coast.
(c) How he wants to keep going past Nome.
(d) His wife and son.

13. What test does Gary NOT have in the last chapter of the book?
(a) Cardiogram.
(b) Treadmill.
(c) Dilation.
(d) Angiogram.

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

15. What is the maximum speed of a team in The Interior?
(a) Three miles per hour.
(b) Ten miles per hour.
(c) Six miles per hour.
(d) Five miles per hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of terrain do the teams encounter between Shaktolik and Koyuk?

2. Which of these things happens between "Nome" and "An End"?

3. What does Gary NOT think when the doctor gives him his diagnosis in "An End"?

4. What does Devil do to another dog in Dalzell Gorge?

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

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