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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the doctor in "An End" look when Gary first sees him?
(a) He is laughing.
(b) He is crying.
(c) He is smiling.
(d) He is frowning.

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

3. What does Gary know about Happy Canyon when he leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) It is soon after Finger Lake.
(b) It is a near-vertical drop.
(c) It goes down a cliff.
(d) It is between Finger Lake and Rainy Pass.

4. To what does Gary compare the intensity of his hunger in Nikolai?
(a) Not sleeping for a week.
(b) Having bruised ribs.
(c) Being in love.
(d) Being freezing cold.

5. How many other mushers are in the house in Shaktolik?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

6. After Happy Canyon, what does another musher ask Gary about the race?
(a) If Gary loves it.
(b) If Gary wants to drop out.
(c) If Gary wants to team up with him.
(d) If Gary thinks he should take a break.

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

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

9. Out of seventy teams, where is Gary and his team running when they reach Nikolai?
(a) In the forties
(b) In the sixties.
(c) In the thirties.
(d) In the twenties.

10. What is the distance between Shaktolik and Koyuk?
(a) Fifty-five miles.
(b) Eighty-five miles.
(c) Seventy-five miles.
(d) One hundred five miles.

11. What is touted as the worst part of the race?
(a) The run up the Yukon River.
(b) Happy Canyon.
(c) The run to Shageluk.
(d) The Burn.

12. What does Gary do when he hears his diagnosis in the last chapter?
(a) He tells the doctor how it all started.
(b) He tells the doctor he must be wrong.
(c) He asks to see his family.
(d) He cries.

13. How does Gary describe the terrain of The Interior?
(a) Mountainous.
(b) Alien barrenness.
(c) Heavily forested.
(d) A winter wonderland.

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

15. In "An End", where is Gary's bandage?
(a) On his arm.
(b) On his leg.
(c) On his finger.
(d) On his chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the native man doing in Koyuk?

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

3. Nikolai is about what temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

4. How many miles is The Burn?

5. Where is the second to last checkpoint?

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