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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. How do the dogs react when Marge enters the camp?
(a) They chase her away.
(b) They wag their tails and nuzzle her.
(c) They fight with her.
(d) They bark at her.

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

3. What is the "presence" that Gary feels in the Prelude?
(a) One of his dogs.
(b) His sled.
(c) A mountain of snow.
(d) Another musher.

4. Gary discovers that this spice helps dogs eat when they're not hungry.
(a) Pepper.
(b) Onion.
(c) Salt.
(d) Garlic.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gary do when he first gets home after he encounters the snared doe?

3. Why does Gary attend the pre-race banquet?

4. What does the checker at Finger lake offer to Gary's team?

5. How many other teams follow Gary onto the trapping trail?

(see the answer key)

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