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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. About how long does Gary and his team stop at the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) A day.
(b) All night.
(c) Four hours.
(d) One hour.

2. When does the Prelude take place?
(a) During Gary's second Iditarod race.
(b) During Gary's first Iditarod race.
(c) Before Gary's second Iditarod race.
(d) Before Gary's first Iditarod race.

3. What does Gary see Marge hunt?
(a) Fish.
(b) Deer.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Rabbit.

4. In the Prelude Gary writes, "The difficulty came because of ____________."
(a) The "problem" dogs.
(b) The snow.
(c) The terrain.
(d) A headache.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While training for his first race, why doesn't Gary sleep well?

2. What did Gary ship to each checkpoint for the dogs?

3. Where is the first official race checkpoint?

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

5. Where is the true start of the race?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the interchange between Gary and the old man in Unalakleet.

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

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

5. What is Gary's appearance when he enters the cafe at Nikolai?

6. What is the challenge of running from Koyuk to Nome?

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

8. What happens to the musher who leaves Shaktolik just before Gary does?

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

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

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