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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Race: Skwentna; Finger Lake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes Gary's mantra?
(a) Slow and steady wins the race.
(b) It's not about winning, it's about how you play the game.
(c) Be true to yourself and to your dogs.
(d) If one person can do it, another person can do it.

2. What does Gary write is the most important fact about skunks when running dogs?
(a) They scare dogs.
(b) They may carry rabies.
(c) They are nocturnal.
(d) They stink.

3. What becomes strikingly clear when Gary gets to Alaska?
(a) He knows nothing about running dogs long distances.
(b) He doesn't have enough dogs for the race.
(c) He won't have enough money to enter the race.
(d) He is too tired to run in the race.

4. Which experience does Gary NOT share with the dogs in "Becoming Dog"?
(a) He urinates in the kennel.
(b) He eats the dogs' food.
(c) He sings a night song with the dogs.
(d) He cooks in the kennel.

5. Why doesn't Gary feel pain when the snow hook pierces his boot?
(a) The point didn't go in very deep.
(b) The snow hook was pulled right back out.
(c) The point was dull.
(d) The point landed between two of his toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gary carry a gun?

2. What does Gary see Marge hunt?

3. How long does Gary spend in the back of the truck with the dogs when he brings them home from Canada?

4. At the end of "Alaska", how does Gary feel about the start of the race?

5. Where is the true start of the race?

(see the answer key)

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