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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary say to the other musher in Dalzell Gorge?
(a) "I'm thinking about quitting."
(b) "Where am I?"
(c) "Tough race, isn't it?"
(d) "I've got them."

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

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

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

5. What is one way that Cookie does NOT alert Gary to danger in Norton Sound?
(a) She comes to a dead stop.
(b) She raises her tail straight up.
(c) She slows her pace.
(d) She gets up on her tiptoes.

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

7. 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.

8. According to Gary, what is "that which is cold"?
(a) The Yukon River.
(b) The Iditarod.
(c) The Alaska Range.
(d) Alaska.

9. Where is Rainy Pass Lodge?
(a) In a depression.
(b) At the summit of Rainy Pass.
(c) On a mountain peak.
(d) In a mountain valley.

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

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

12. What happens to Gary at the Rohn River checkpoint?
(a) He finally gets some sleep.
(b) He has a hot meal at a cafe.
(c) He starts to think about quitting.
(d) He gets stitches for his wounds.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cookie run on the frozen stream bed?

2. How many teams stop at Don's Cabin, including Gary's team?

3. What does the old man in Unalakleet say to Gary?

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

5. Why is Gary lying down in Dalzell Gorge?

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