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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. Why are bears attracted to the burning paper?
(a) There's sometimes food residue left on the paper.
(b) It smells like a garbage dump.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

2. What direction did Storm's head face when he died?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) West.

3. Who 'doctored' Gary's wounds?
(a) Obeah.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Duberry.
(d) Olaf.

4. How long did the first run take?
(a) Seventeen days and thirteen hours.
(b) Seventeen days and fourteen hours.
(c) Sixteen days and fifteen hours.
(d) Seventeen days and twenty hours.

5. What had driven the deer nearly mad with rage?
(a) The sun.
(b) The heat.
(c) The flies.
(d) The water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the wolves hold the animal?

2. What stopped Paulsen from killing the bear?

3. How many dogs did Gary have at the time this book was written?

4. What was the partial solution to the flies that Paulsen discovered accidentally?

5. What mountain range must the team cross?

(see the answer key)

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