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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 did the man with the wolf want?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) To breed her to some big dogs.
(c) To kill Paulsen's team.
(d) Both of these.

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

3. What is the only thing that Gary initially wanted?
(a) To go home.
(b) To see his wife again.
(c) To finish the race.
(d) To win the race.

4. Why is 'scratching' spoken of as a disease?
(a) Everyone wants to finish.
(b) Racers who scratch are considered amateurs.
(c) The dogs must be shipped back to where they came from.
(d) It is costly to go home.

5. How did Paulsen know that the dogs weren't tired?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) They had been running very fast moments before.
(d) They had been whining to start running.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many paper bowls of chili did Paulsen eat?

2. How does Gary describe the experience of sledding the Iditarod in day three?

3. What stops the sled?

4. What did the man put in the sled with Paulsen?

5. What did the word sound like in Paulsen's friend's mouth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to him as a result?

2. What does Gary hear that breaks him of the spell that took him not to finish the Run?

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

4. What was Gary worried about in day four?

5. On day nine, who comes and offers Paulsen a proposition? What is this proposition?

6. How were the dogs strange with Gary?

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

8. What did this person do for Paulsen?

9. What does Gary say the dogs told him while they were in the gully?

10. How cold had it been that week?

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