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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Race: The Yukon; Unalakleet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth say to Gary when she brings him soup in "Beginnings"?
(a) "You should think about giving up on the race."
(b) "You're going to run the race, aren't you?"
(c) "You should get some rest."
(d) "You need to start earning some money."

2. Where is the other musher in The Burn?
(a) In a river.
(b) On a ridge.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Lying on the ground.

3. How often should a dog's feet be examined while running the Iditarod?
(a) In the morning and in the evening.
(b) Three times a day.
(c) Every half hour.
(d) At the end of every day.

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

5. Out of seventy teams, where is Gary and his team running when they reach Nikolai?
(a) In the sixties.
(b) In the forties
(c) In the twenties.
(d) In the thirties.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long does Gary and his team stop at the Finger Lake checkpoint?

2. Gary writes that dogs will die before they lose what?

3. What does another musher say when Gary leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?

4. What does Devil do when Gary says, "Hi"?

5. What becomes Gary's mantra?

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