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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Norton Sound located?
(a) Over the Bering Sea.
(b) At the base of the Alaska Mountains.
(c) Near Anchorage.
(d) In Canada.

4. Along the Yukon River, what does Gary estimate the temperature to be in degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) Sixty below.
(b) Thirty below.
(c) Forty below.
(d) Eighty below.

5. Why is Gary lying down in Dalzell Gorge?
(a) He slipped on the ice and fell.
(b) Another musher knocked him down.
(c) He is finally getting some sleep.
(d) He hit his head and was knocked unconscious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Gary stop at Kaltag?

2. Where is Rainy Pass Lodge?

3. Nikolai is about what temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

4. What does Gary do when he starts to get really cold in The Yukon?

5. How many other mushers are in the house in Shaktolik?

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