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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Race: Dalzell Gorge and the Burn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how long does Gary and his team stop at the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) A day.
(b) Four hours.
(c) All night.
(d) One hour.

2. What does Devil do to another dog in Dalzell Gorge?
(a) Claw a hole in his side.
(b) Bite his ear off.
(c) Scratch his eye out.
(d) Bite his toe off.

3. Why does Gary carry a gun?
(a) To protect himself from his dogs.
(b) To shoot feral dogs.
(c) To protect himself against other mushers.
(d) To hunt.

4. When does the Iditarod race start?
(a) Early April.
(b) Early January.
(c) Late January.
(d) Early March.

5. Where does the trapping trail outside of Anchorage end?
(a) At a vertical rock face.
(b) At a river.
(c) At the edge of a canyon.
(d) At a cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major challenge in The Burn?

2. Why isn't Gary worried when he doesn't see any other teams on the trail after he leaves Anchorage?

3. What are the buffalo doing in The Burn?

4. How long is the trail that the team runs in "First Snow"?

5. What does it mean when a musher comes from "Down Below"?

(see the answer key)

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