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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Running, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Olaf like to fight about?
(a) Weather.
(b) All of these.
(c) Females.
(d) Bones.

2. What does Gary define as "serious cold"?
(a) Sixty below zero.
(b) All of these.
(c) Forty below zero.
(d) Fifty below zero.

3. What did Paulsen note about the man's eyes?
(a) They were vacant.
(b) They were gentle.
(c) They were blue.
(d) They were cold.

4. How many of the dogs had gotten frost bitten ears?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

5. Where is the start of the Iditarod?
(a) Fairbanks, Alaska.
(b) Nome, Alaska.
(c) Anchorage, Alaska.
(d) Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it impossible to not be near this hen's brood?

2. What did Paulsen see as if in a dream?

3. What does Gary like most about the woodstove?

4. What nationality was the man who helped Paulsen?

5. The weather never rose above what temperature?

(see the answer key)

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