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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Storm see as the enemy on the sled?
(a) Gary.
(b) The gear.
(c) All of these.
(d) The stove.

2. Which dog nearly took Storm's head off in surprise at this action?
(a) Obeah.
(b) Cookie.
(c) Fonzie.
(d) Columbia.

3. What wasn't one of the rumors that were abounding at Norton Sound?
(a) A polar bear ate half a sled team and their musher froze to death.
(b) Someone was on a large cake of ice that drifted out to sea.
(c) Someone has gone through the ice and the team was found wandering alone.
(d) Someone has gone insane and is making big circles out on the tundra, but no one will help lest they get disqualified.

4. How deep is the snow on day two?
(a) Up to Gary's eyes.
(b) Up to Gary's neck.
(c) Up to Gary's armpits.
(d) Up to Gary's chin.

5. What had driven the deer nearly mad with rage?
(a) The heat.
(b) The water.
(c) The flies.
(d) The sun.

6. How far is the run downhill on day twelve?
(a) Over ninety miles.
(b) Over a hundred miles.
(c) About ninety miles.
(d) About a hundred miles.

7. What is a bad sign in a musher?
(a) Stomping feet.
(b) All of these.
(c) Staring blankly.
(d) Teeth chattering.

8. How heavy did Fred get?
(a) Seventy-eight pounds.
(b) Eighty-five pounds.
(c) A hundred and twenty pounds.
(d) A hundred and thirty pounds.

9. What is historically a highway through Alaska?
(a) Tanana River.
(b) Yukon River.
(c) Kuskokwim River
(d) Porcupine River.

10. What does Gary do to get the moose to move?
(a) He utilized a bear banger on the moose.
(b) He pepper sprayed the moose.
(c) He made a loud noise to startle the moose.
(d) He kicked the moose in the left flank.

11. What leaves no mysteries?
(a) Trails.
(b) Branches.
(c) None of these.
(d) New snow.

12. What was the partial solution to the flies that Paulsen discovered accidentally?
(a) That shade repels them, a little.
(b) Both of these.
(c) That if he smeared mud on his body, they would go away.
(d) Neither of these.

13. Which dog shreds their harness?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Blue.
(c) Storm.
(d) Cookie.

14. How did Paulsen know that the dogs weren't tired?
(a) They had been whining to start running.
(b) They had been running very fast moments before.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Neither of these.

15. What did Paulsen mix with the Boyardee to make a stew?
(a) Two small pieces of the dogs fat.
(b) Two small carrots.
(c) An onion, carrot and potato.
(d) Two small potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was the man who helped Paulsen?

2. What didn't Paulsen see the man do?

3. Who does the man Paulsen meets remind him of?

4. What did Paulsen end up eating to maintain energy?

5. What did the man do while Paulsen was hallucinating?

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