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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 had Jack suggested to Jason about moving the outfit?
(a) Hire a pack mule.
(b) Find a partner.
(c) Let the dog carry most of it.
(d) Do it in relays.

2. How long has Jason been in New York at the beginning of the book?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Five days.
(c) Four months.
(d) Six months.

3. Why does Jack offer Jason a prospector's outfit?
(a) Jack knows Jason's brothers.
(b) He doesn't need it.
(c) Jack doesn't want to carry it with him.
(d) Jack has a son Jason's age.

4. What does the younger man in the rail car like?
(a) Chewiing gum.
(b) Apple cider.
(c) Pretty postcards.
(d) Whiskey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jason's hometown?

2. What does Jason get at the river?

3. Who is head of law enforcement in Skagway?

4. What does Jason think is a daunting sight when Jason first sees them?

5. What are Jamie and Homer going to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Jamie and Homer do that amazes the crowds and what does Homer say about the location?

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

4. How does Jason get a job in Skagway?

5. Why would the problem in question #29 stand in Jason's way? What does Jason wonder about himself?

6. Who are Homer and Jamie Dunavant and what is their story?

7. What does the old man on the train talk about that does not interest Jason much and what does he learn from the old man?

8. Upon what ship is Jason stowed away on, what does he hear and what can he not know because of the noise?

9. What does the person in question #21 tell Jason and what does he offer Jason? How does Jason feel about the offer?

10. Where does Jason go in Chapter 13, what does he get and what does he do with it?

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