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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 20-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much food is each prospector required to carry?
(a) 500 pounds.
(b) None.
(c) Four hundred pounds.
(d) Seven hundred pounds.

2. What are the names of the man for whom Jason works?
(a) Sowerby and Bacon.
(b) Robinson and Bailey.
(c) Johnson and Flynn.
(d) Preston and Jackson.

3. What is a big topic of conversation in Skagway besides gold?
(a) Politics.
(b) Horses.
(c) Murder.
(d) Thieves.

4. Who does Jason spot in Skagway working for the head of law enforcement?
(a) Captain Smith.
(b) Charles Bowers.
(c) Jim Foster.
(d) Frank Barker.

5. What have some people resigned themselves to doing?
(a) Going home.
(b) No finding any gold.
(c) Waiting out the winter and leaving in the spring.
(d) Starving to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason name his dog?

2. What does Jason decide he must do about the Mounties?

3. How much does Jason decide to borrow from his brothers?

4. Why are many of the people Jason meets heading back to Skagway going there?

5. What did Jason promise when he left his hometown?

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