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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Paulsen out of the sled?

2. How deep is the snow on day two?

3. What nationality was the man who helped Paulsen?

4. How many miles is the Iditarod from start to finish?

5. Who had touched the fawn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will Gary always blame himself for?

2. What are the hills dotted with that Gary sees on day nine?

3. What does it not seem possible to accomplish and why?

4. What did this person do for Paulsen?

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

6. What had Paulsen never seen in a deer as he did that day on the lake alone?

7. What did the 'person' who arrived to help Paulsen look like?

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

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

10. What things didn't make sense about where the deer was?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss dog sledding as a environmental alternative to mass transport in areas where it would be supported in the winter. What changes would occur in the ecology and environment as a result, or what unforeseen consequences might arise?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Paulsen's experience on the Iditarod trail. Compare them to his experiences on his trail at home. What changes in the over all tone of the Run section? Discuss at least three different ways the second section contrasts to the first.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the qualities that make a good sled dog. How are these qualities that Paulsen prefers and talks about more often than the dogs that don't possess these qualities? What are the least desirable qualities in a sled dog?

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