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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much did Paulsen's sled weigh that night?
(a) Close to four hundred pounds fully loaded.
(b) Three hundred and fifty pounds.
(c) Five hundred pounds.
(d) Close to five hundred pounds fully loaded.

3. What did the dogs have?
(a) Great old knowledge.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Humor.

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

5. What did this bird clutch in her talons when Gary's wife was doing the laundry?
(a) A bra.
(b) A pair of panties.
(c) A pair of shorts.
(d) A pair of boxers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are bears attracted to the burning paper?

2. What did Paulsen think when he was allowing Storm to pull?

3. How many grouse eggs were there?

4. What gets the dogs wound up?

5. What do sled dogs not really know?

(see the answer key)

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