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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 the command "Haw" mean?
(a) Left.
(b) Stop.
(c) Right.
(d) Go.

2. About how many teams entered the race?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) One hundred fifty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Seventy.

3. When does Gary start thinking like a dog?
(a) When he harnesses himself to the team.
(b) When he sleeps with them in the kennel.
(c) When he spends the day on his hands and knees.
(d) When he is bitten by one of his dogs.

4. How long does Gary spend in the back of the truck with the dogs when he brings them home from Canada?
(a) All day.
(b) Less than 30 minutes.
(c) All night.
(d) Three hours.

5. What does Ruth say to Gary right before he starts his dog run with the bike?
(a) "Be careful this time. You know what happened during your last run."
(b) "Let me help you harness those rascals."
(c) "I hope to see you for dinner tonight, in one piece."
(d) "Don't you think you might have rather more dogs than you need?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary write is the most important fact about skunks when running dogs?

2. When do Gary and the dogs arrive in Alaska?

3. How often should a dog's feet be examined while running the Iditarod?

4. According to Gary, what is the race primarily about?

5. In the Prelude Gary writes, "The difficulty came because of ____________."

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cookie warn Gary about thin ice in Norton Sound?

2. What goes wrong for Gary between the start of the race and the time he rejoins the trail?

3. Why is Gary elated when he reaches the checkpoint at Rainy Pass Lodge?

4. According to Gary, what are "problem" dogs?

5. What is Gary's dilemma about helping the other team at the beginning of the race? What does he decide to do?

6. How do the people in Alaska help Gary?

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

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

9. What "absolute fundamental knowledge" scares Gary at the end of the Prelude?

10. In "Beginnings," what does Gary mean when he writes, "I began to notice the dogs"?

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