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

2. What might stand in Jason's way besides the weather?
(a) Being so young.
(b) Not knowing what real gold looks like.
(c) Grizzlies.
(d) The Canadian Mounties.

3. Who saves Jason after he passes out on the trail?
(a) Lucy Gant.
(b) Homer.
(c) Jack London.
(d) Frank Barker.

4. How does Jason finally get the means to continue his journey?
(a) Being taken on a boat as crew.
(b) Buys a canoe.
(c) Wages from horse handling.
(d) Finding a canoe with a small hole in it.

5. What is waiting for Jason at his brothers' home?
(a) A letter from his brother.
(b) His inheritance.
(c) The key to their parents' house.
(d) A train ticket to Alaska.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason think while he is walking?

2. What do Jason and Jack do when they meet up again?

3. Where does the rail car Jason hops go?

4. What does Jason name his dog?

5. What does Jason want to learn from the older man?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jason comes back to Skagway, what are people complaining about, who is head of law enforcement and who is working with him?

2. What does one have to take to get to Canada and how does Jason manage it?

3. What does Jason know about his brothers?

4. What does Jason learn at Mrs. Beal's boarding house that stuns him?

5. What does Barker talk about at dinner, what does Barker try to get Jason to do, what is Jason's reply and what is Barker's response?

6. What kind of fantasy does Jason think about and what does he think his brothers will do about the news?

7. How does Jason get a job in Skagway?

8. What does Jason think could stand in his way besides the weather?

9. How long does it take Jason to get across Bennett and what are his hopes?

10. How does Jason get a canoe?

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