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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which dog attempted to kill Yogi?
(a) Owen.
(b) Obeah.
(c) Clarence.
(d) Cookie.

2. What do highbush cranberries taste like, according to Paulsen's grandmother?
(a) Old dishrags.
(b) Old shoes.
(c) Old feet.
(d) Old socks.

3. What did Paulsen begin to think of, against his will?
(a) All of these things.
(b) Dark nights and snakes under the bed.
(c) Ghosts and goblins.
(d) Sounds he didn't know and bodies he had found

4. What is phony about the start of the race?
(a) Both of these.
(b) The race starts later than it is publicized.
(c) The race doesn't actually start in Anchorage, it's a publicity stunt.
(d) Neither of these.

5. What does Gary do to get the moose to move?
(a) He kicked the moose in the left flank.
(b) He made a loud noise to startle the moose.
(c) He pepper sprayed the moose.
(d) He utilized a bear banger on the moose.

6. What is the command for the team to go right?
(a) Gee.
(b) Me.
(c) Haw.
(d) Kaw.

7. What does everyone warn rookies about?
(a) The Gut.
(b) All of these.
(c) The Chute.
(d) The gorge.

8. What ate the chipmunk?
(a) A red squirrel.
(b) A rat.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A snake.

9. What is a bad sign in a musher?
(a) Staring blankly.
(b) All of these.
(c) Teeth chattering.
(d) Stomping feet.

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

11. Why did the boy grab Paulsen's team?
(a) He wanted to tell the kids at school his family hosted a musher.
(b) He wanted the team to stay at his house so he could learn about dogs and sledding.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

12. What were mushers warned about that Gary approaches on day six?
(a) The Burn.
(b) The Wastes.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

13. How does Gary describe the experience of sledding the Iditarod in day three?
(a) All of these.
(b) Like becoming a cave painting.
(c) Like becoming a human uncluttered by civilization.
(d) It is like going back ten to twelve thousand years.

14. On day eight, what does Wilson do?
(a) Falls over.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Begins limping.
(d) Neither of these.

15. How many paper bowls of chili did Paulsen eat?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Six.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops the sled?

2. At what point is there a mandatory twenty-four hour layover?

3. What did the same person do later?

4. What did Gary think he was hallucinating, but wasn't?

5. What didn't Paulsen see the man do?

(see the answer keys)

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