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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gary thinking about when he first sees the lights of Nome?

2. What is the Doughnut man's punishment?

3. What does Gary NOT think when the doctor gives him his diagnosis in "An End"?

4. About how many miles is The Interior portion of the race?

5. What type of terrain do the teams encounter between Shaktolik and Koyuk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gary interacts with a variety of people, animals, and places in this book. Discuss how Gary interacts with his wife, trail leaders and others at the pre-race meetings, mushers on the trail, and animals on the trail. Are these interactions positive or negative? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think the author chooses to begin the book with a foreshadowing incident? Give at least three possible reasons and fully support each.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Gary's relationship with his dogs. How does it evolve over time? Discuss Gary's relationship with his dogs when he used them for trapping and hunting, after he lived with the dogs, during his first Iditarod, and in "An End."

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