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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What joke did Storm play on the dog that pulled next to him?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) He would lick their ear.
(c) He would blow in their ear.
(d) Both of these.

2. What didn't Paulsen see the man do?
(a) Put two sodas in his sled.
(b) Put a flask of rum in his sled.
(c) Put three sodas in his sled.
(d) Put a flask of whiskey in his sled.

3. How deep is the snow on day two?
(a) Up to Gary's armpits.
(b) Up to Gary's chin.
(c) Up to Gary's eyes.
(d) Up to Gary's neck.

4. What is historically a highway through Alaska?
(a) Kuskokwim River
(b) Porcupine River.
(c) Yukon River.
(d) Tanana River.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary do to get the moose to move?

2. What form of mutiny did the team commit?

3. On day eight, what does Wilson do?

4. What ate the chipmunk?

5. What did Paulsen mix with the Boyardee to make a stew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did this person do for Paulsen?

2. Why is Gary unworried about the rumors he hears on the mandatory twenty-four hour layover?

3. How cold had it been that week?

4. When does Gary's friend appear again, and what does he do?

5. What will Gary always blame himself for?

6. What happened to him as a result?

7. What is the difference with hallucinations during the race?

8. What tradition did Storm start, and what did it come to mean?

9. What was Gary worried about in day four?

10. Why did the stump glow, did Paulsen find out later?

(see the answer keys)

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