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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does this book begin?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1907.

2. What does Frank Barker want Jason to do?
(a) Become a deputy sheriff.
(b) Join him in stealing from people.
(c) Run a store for him in Skagway.
(d) Go even on supplies for gold mining.

3. Where do Jason's brothers live?
(a) With their wives.
(b) With their parents.
(c) At the Downtown Apartment House.
(d) In Mrs. Beal's boarding house.

4. What does the younger man in the rail car recite?
(a) The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
(b) A Purple Cow.
(c) The Gettysburg Address.
(d) The Pledge of Allegiance.

5. Where did Jason work in his hometown?
(a) In a shoe factory.
(b) A saw mill.
(c) A cannery.
(d) Fishing boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Jason been in New York at the beginning of the book?

2. With whom does Jason leave the beach where he was thrown off the ship?

3. Where does everyone say the place to be is at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Jason say about his parents?

5. What is Jason's hometown?

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