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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, The Race, Days 7-16&17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Paulsen think was lovely?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) His bag of beef jerky.
(d) His can of Chef Boyardee ravioli.

2. What kind of chickens are mean?
(a) Banties.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Bantam chickens.

3. What stops the sled?
(a) A musher that had stopped to repair his own sled.
(b) The sled breaks.
(c) A bear.
(d) A moose.

4. How many miles is the Iditarod from start to finish?
(a) Over twelve hundred miles.
(b) Over eleven hundred miles.
(c) Over two thousand miles.
(d) Over twenty-one hundred miles.

5. What characteristics were a part of Storm?
(a) Toughness.
(b) All of these.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Peacefulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles had the team covered?

2. What did Paulsen learn from that night?

3. Why are bears attracted to the burning paper?

4. What was the dog that Paulsen hooked up to the lead?

5. The wind needs to blow in which direction to light the paper fire?

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