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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Race: Pre-Race; Eagle River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the team gets to the end of the driveway to run in the first snow of the season?
(a) Gary steers the team to the left.
(b) Gary is thrown off the sled.
(c) A moose appears.
(d) Cookie turns onto the old trapline trail.

2. How does Crackers seem when Gary works ointment into the dog's feet at the beginning of the book?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Restless.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Cold.

3. Why do the dogs run towards the beaver on the frozen lake while Gary is training for his first race?
(a) To see what it is.
(b) To scare it away.
(c) To kill it for food.
(d) To kill it because it is a threat.

4. Why doesn't Gary shoot the beaver in "Beginnings" after he aims his gun?
(a) He decided it was wrong.
(b) His dogs startled him.
(c) He fell on the ice.
(d) He decided the beaver wasn't a threat.

5. What awakens Gary while he is training for his second Iditarod?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) The extreme cold.
(c) A loud noise.
(d) One of the dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many teams entered the race?

2. What does Gary see Marge hunt?

3. How long does it take Gary to get to Alaska?

4. What does Ruth say to Gary right before he starts his dog run with the bike?

5. What does Gary do when he finds a snared doe while training for his first race?

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