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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 does Jason learn from some horse packers about his brothers?
(a) They have already staked a claim.
(b) They are not far ahead of him.
(c) They are in the next settlement.
(d) They did not come that way.

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

3. What are the names of Jason's brothers?
(a) Abraham and Ethan.
(b) William and Stephen.
(c) Stephen and Abraham.
(d) David and Ethan.

4. What does Jason say about his parents?
(a) They live in Europe.
(b) They are both dead.
(c) His father is depressed since his mother died.
(d) They are not living together.

5. What concerns Jason besides the upcoming bad weather?
(a) Not knowing how to pan for gold.
(b) Not having a good map.
(c) Jason thinks he is too young.
(d) His lack of funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Jason and the old man part ways?

2. What did Jason's father say he would never be?

3. What does Jason notice about many of the people packing up to leave?

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

5. What do some of the people that Jack meets along the way want to know?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does Jason keep himself going and what do some people he meets want to know about his dog?

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

5. Where and with whom does Jason eat the day he meets Frank Barker?

6. How does Jason get a job in Skagway?

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

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

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

10. What does Jason see when he arrives in Skagway and what is the cost of living?

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