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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. Why is Ruth crying when Gary and the team leave Knik?
(a) She wants to run in the race, too.
(b) She is very tired.
(c) She heard that the trail was very dangerous.
(d) She wants to go home.

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

3. How often does Gary harness his "problem" dogs?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every four days.
(c) Every two days.
(d) Once a day.

4. How far does Gary and his team get before leaving the trail from Anchorage?
(a) A mile.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) Less than fifty yards.
(d) Two blocks.

5. Which experience does Gary NOT share with the dogs in "Becoming Dog"?
(a) He sings a night song with the dogs.
(b) He cooks in the kennel.
(c) He eats the dogs' food.
(d) He urinates in the kennel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other teams follow Gary onto the trapping trail?

2. How long does it take Gary to get to Alaska?

3. Why does Gary attend the pre-race banquet?

4. How many dogs does Gary take to Alaska?

5. In "Dogs from Hell," which of these things does NOT happen to Gary when he was looking for the dogs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Gary and his team finish the race.

2. What does Gary do to "become dog?"

3. Why does Gary think that it's almost impossible to "see wild thinking?"

4. What things are discussed during the musher meetings?

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

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

7. Why does the race start in downtown Anchorage?

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

9. What is Gary's reaction when the Doughnut man kicks the dog to death at Don's Cabin?

10. In "Skwentna," describe the encounter with the moose on the way back to the true trail.

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