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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the last chapter, where is Gary when he first sees the doctor?
(a) On an exam table.
(b) In a chair.
(c) Standing in the doorway.
(d) In a bed.

2. Why won't the cafe cook take Gary's money?
(a) Because he couldn't cook what Gary wanted.
(b) Because he can't make change for Gary's money.
(c) Because Gary is running the Iditarod.
(d) Because Gary forgets to bring his money.

3. What is one way that Cookie does NOT alert Gary to danger in Norton Sound?
(a) She comes to a dead stop.
(b) She slows her pace.
(c) She gets up on her tiptoes.
(d) She raises her tail straight up.

4. What are the buffalo doing in The Burn?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Trying to cross the river.
(d) Playing.

5. What does Gary know about Happy Canyon when he leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) It is soon after Finger Lake.
(b) It is a near-vertical drop.
(c) It goes down a cliff.
(d) It is between Finger Lake and Rainy Pass.

6. What does the old man in Unalakleet say to Gary?
(a) "You need to eat more."
(b) "You should turn back."
(c) "You need to see a doctor."
(d) "You have become one of them."

7. Outside Shageluk, where is the musher who belongs to the abandoned sled?
(a) On a large boulder.
(b) Behind some bushes.
(c) In her sleeping bag.
(d) Lying on the ground.

8. How many Iditarod teams receive prize money?
(a) All teams that cross the finish line.
(b) The first ten.
(c) The first twenty.
(d) First, second, and third.

9. What is the first thing the doctor in "An End" says to Gary?
(a) "Your wife should be here."
(b) "You need surgery right away."
(c) "The tests are positive."
(d) "You are fit as a fiddle."

10. Why does Gary stop right after leaving Ophir?
(a) Gary wants to buy something at the store.
(b) The sled is dragging funny.
(c) Another team wants to run with Gary's team.
(d) Gary needs to urinate.

11. What does another musher say when Gary leaves the Finger Lake checkpoint?
(a) "Good luck!"
(b) "My dogs need more rest."
(c) "I'm waiting until dark."
(d) "Can we run our teams together?"

12. What test does Gary NOT have in the last chapter of the book?
(a) Treadmill.
(b) Cardiogram.
(c) Dilation.
(d) Angiogram.

13. Where is Rainy Pass Lodge?
(a) In a depression.
(b) On a mountain peak.
(c) In a mountain valley.
(d) At the summit of Rainy Pass.

14. When does "An End" take place?
(a) After the events in "Prelude."
(b) Between the events in "Nome" and "Prelude."
(c) After Gary wins a dog race.
(d) Right after "Nome."

15. What is Gary's initial experience with Rainy Pass?
(a) He finds it slower than he thought it would be.
(b) He finds it easy.
(c) He finds it more challenging than he had been told.
(d) He finds it difficult.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gary describe the terrain of The Interior?

2. Where is Don's Cabin?

3. Where is the second to last checkpoint?

4. What does Gary do when he starts to get really cold in The Yukon?

5. What is the major challenge in The Burn?

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