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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the old man in Unalakleet offer Gary?
(a) A bowl of moose chili.
(b) A place for him and his family after the race.
(c) His bed for the night.
(d) A warm fire.

3. How cold do the natives say it gets in The Yukon?
(a) Cold enough that you can't piss.
(b) Cold enough to freeze your nose hairs.
(c) Cold enough that your eyes freeze shut.
(d) Cold enough to spit and have it bounce.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the first thing the doctor in "An End" says to Gary?
(a) "Your wife should be here."
(b) "You need surgery right away."
(c) "You are fit as a fiddle."
(d) "The tests are positive."

10. When does "An End" take place?
(a) After Gary wins a dog race.
(b) Right after "Nome."
(c) After the events in "Prelude."
(d) Between the events in "Nome" and "Prelude."

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

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

13. 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) How he wants to keep going past Nome.
(c) The old man who had asked him to live on the coast.
(d) His wife and son.

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

15. What happens when Gary steps off his sled while in the basin?
(a) He realizes it is nighttime.
(b) He realizes he has been hallucinating.
(c) A man's head appears.
(d) A moose appears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary do when he hears his diagnosis in the last chapter?

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

3. What does Gary know about Happy Canyon when he leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?

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

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

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