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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gary describe the terrain of The Interior?
(a) Alien barrenness.
(b) Heavily forested.
(c) Mountainous.
(d) A winter wonderland.

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

3. What is Gary thinking about when he first sees the lights of Nome?
(a) How he wants to keep going past Nome.
(b) His wife and son.
(c) The possibility that he will lose his toes to frostbite.
(d) The old man who had asked him to live on the coast.

4. What is the distance between Iditarod and Shageluk?
(a) Two hundred miles.
(b) One hundred fifty miles.
(c) One hundred miles.
(d) Fifty miles.

5. What type of terrain do the teams encounter between Shaktolik and Koyuk?
(a) Icy.
(b) Steep.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Hilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Happy Canyon, what does another musher ask Gary about the race?

2. What does the reporter ask Gary at the finish line?

3. When does "An End" take place?

4. Where is the other musher in The Burn?

5. In the last chapter, where is Gary when he first sees the doctor?

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