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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the caribou do when Gary and his team run close to them outside Shageluk?
(a) Try to get the food from the sled.
(b) Watch them with curiosity.
(c) Try to bite the dogs.
(d) Attack Gary.

2. How cold do the natives say it gets in The Yukon?
(a) Cold enough that you can't piss.
(b) Cold enough to spit and have it bounce.
(c) Cold enough to freeze your nose hairs.
(d) Cold enough that your eyes freeze shut.

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

4. What is the major challenge in The Burn?
(a) The river.
(b) Fallen trees.
(c) The gorge.
(d) Deep snow.

5. What is touted as the worst part of the race?
(a) The run up the Yukon River.
(b) Happy Canyon.
(c) The Burn.
(d) The run to Shageluk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nikolai is about what temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

2. What does Gary NOT hallucinate in The Burn?

3. At Don's Cabin, why is the Doughnut man so angry?

4. What happens to Gary at the Rohn River checkpoint?

5. How long is the run in Dalzell Gorge?

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