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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Along the Yukon River, what does Gary estimate the temperature to be in degrees Fahrenheit?
(a) Sixty below.
(b) Forty below.
(c) Eighty below.
(d) Thirty below.

2. What happens to the moose on the trapping trail?
(a) The other musher shoots her.
(b) She gets bored and leaves.
(c) Gary attacks her with an ax.
(d) She runs ahead to attack another team.

3. How does Gary describe the terrain of The Interior?
(a) Heavily forested.
(b) Alien barrenness.
(c) Mountainous.
(d) A winter wonderland.

4. Where is the true start of the race?
(a) Knik.
(b) Nome.
(c) Anchorage.
(d) Finger Lake.

5. How does the other musher's lead dog die on the trapping trail?
(a) He dies of hypothermia.
(b) He is attacked by a moose.
(c) He dies from a foot infection.
(d) He dies of old age.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Why does Gary attend the pre-race banquet?

5. Outside Shageluk, where is the musher who belongs to the abandoned sled?

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