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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary tell the checker about going up Rainy Pass?
(a) "It was a piece of cake."
(b) "It was a barrel of fun."
(c) "It was a snooze."
(d) "It was a cruel joke."

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

3. What does Gary NOT hallucinate in The Burn?
(a) A nude woman.
(b) A moose attack.
(c) His cabin in Minnesota.
(d) A thin man with glasses.

4. Where is Norton Sound located?
(a) At the base of the Alaska Mountains.
(b) In Canada.
(c) Over the Bering Sea.
(d) Near Anchorage.

5. What happens when Gary steps off his sled while in the basin?
(a) He realizes he has been hallucinating.
(b) He realizes it is nighttime.
(c) A man's head appears.
(d) A moose appears.

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

7. 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.

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

9. How long is the run up the Yukon River?
(a) Two hundred miles.
(b) Four hundred miles.
(c) Two hundred fifty miles.
(d) Three hundred miles.

10. How does Cookie run on the frozen stream bed?
(a) She won't go onto the frozen stream bed.
(b) She plays "crack the whip".
(c) She slides on her belly most of the time.
(d) She has a hard time getting her footing.

11. Why is Gary lying down in Dalzell Gorge?
(a) He slipped on the ice and fell.
(b) He is finally getting some sleep.
(c) He hit his head and was knocked unconscious.
(d) Another musher knocked him down.

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

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

14. How does Gary get through the bitterly cold nights in The Yukon?
(a) He drinks hot tea.
(b) He snuggles into his sleeping bag.
(c) He makes a fire.
(d) He runs in spurts.

15. Gary writes that dogs will die before they lose what?
(a) Their musher.
(b) Happiness.
(c) The sled.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gary spend most of his time in Dalzell Gorge?

2. What checkpoint is right after the Finger Lake checkpoint?

3. How many Iditarod teams receive prize money?

4. What does Devil do to another dog in Dalzell Gorge?

5. In "An End", where is Gary's bandage?

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