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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, The Race, Days 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have bears learned in Alaska?
(a) All of these.
(b) The sound of a moose hunter's gun means fresh guts left over.
(c) The sound of a sled means dogs.
(d) The difference between a moose hunter gun and a bear hunter gun.

2. Which dog did Gary define as having had a sense of humor?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Olaf.
(c) Obeah.
(d) Columbia.

3. What scared Paulsen about the song the dogs sang?
(a) He had heard it only once before.
(b) It was a death song.
(c) All of these.
(d) It was a song the dogs had sung when one of their member had died in his kennel from old age.

4. What does Gary leave behind at the checkpoint when the rope breaks?
(a) His goggles.
(b) His snow hook.
(c) His felt lining for his gloves.
(d) His hat.

5. How cold was it when Paulsen woke to a living blanket?
(a) Around 10 below zero.
(b) Around 40 below zero.
(c) Around 20 below zero.
(d) Around 30-35 below zero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gary give the dogs to help ease their boredom?

2. What cannot be housebroken?

3. What do highbush cranberries taste like, according to Paulsen's grandmother?

4. What stopped the wolves?

5. What did Paulsen note about the man's eyes?

(see the answer key)

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