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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary see right after he unzips his sleeping bag and stands up at the end of the Prelude?
(a) The food bag.
(b) The sled.
(c) The Alaska Range.
(d) His dogs.

2. How does Crackers seem when Gary works ointment into the dog's feet at the beginning of the book?
(a) Cold.
(b) Hungry.
(c) Restless.
(d) Grateful.

3. In "First Snow", how much snow is on the ground?
(a) A dusting.
(b) Four or five inches.
(c) None--it melted right away.
(d) A foot.

4. In "Dogs from Hell," which of these things does NOT happen to Gary when he was looking for the dogs?
(a) He wades in a swamp.
(b) He gets caught in the rain.
(c) He is covered with wood ticks.
(d) He is bitten by mosquitoes.

5. According to Gary, what is the most important tenet of running dogs?
(a) Follow your instincts.
(b) Home is where you are with the dogs and sled.
(c) Bring plenty of food for yourself and the dogs.
(d) Change the batteries in your headlamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gary carry a gun?

2. Why is Ruth crying when Gary and the team leave Knik?

3. Which of these is NOT a mistake Gary makes when he starts training?

4. What happens to Gary's food at Finger Lake?

5. How do the dogs react when Marge enters the camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Gary starts back from the wrong trail outside Anchorage, he sees "the extent of the damage." What does he mean?

2. Why does Gary think The Interior resembles another planet?

3. Describe Gary's fear when he learns his diagnosis in "An End."

4. Why is Gary horrified when he first views Dalzell Gorge?

5. In "Don's Cabin," how does Gary describe the bond between the musher and his/her dogs?

6. What have the mushers NOT been told about Happy Canyon?

7. Why is "Dogs from Hell" a good title for this chapter?

8. In "Alaska," what does Gary mean when he writes, "Sleep died early"?

9. Describe Gary's run in The Yukon.

10. What happens when Gary asks the doctor, "Is there a time?"

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