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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old approximately, was the fawn?

2. Why did the deer allow the dogs to approach?

3. What had driven the deer nearly mad with rage?

4. On day nine, what landed beside Paulsen and his team?

5. How many miles is the Iditarod from start to finish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cookie knowingly take the team over an edge for?

2. What did the 'person' who arrived to help Paulsen look like?

3. What tradition did Storm start, and what did it come to mean?

4. What are the hills dotted with that Gary sees on day nine?

5. How does it feel, on day three, for Gary running the dogs?

6. What strange activity did the cedar waxwings engage in?

7. What is the difference with hallucinations during the race?

8. What will Gary always blame himself for?

9. What happened to him as a result?

10. What does Gary say the dogs told him while they were in the gully?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss dog sledding in the media and popular culture. What seems to be the social attitude towards dog sledding? How does this vary by the environment in which these people reside?

Essay Topic 2

Storm and Paulsen possess a close relationship, to the point where he is nearly a pet as opposed to a working dog. Compare the differences between the way Paulsen discusses his other dogs and the way he refers to Storm. What other dog comes close, and how do they?

Essay Topic 3

Sometimes Paulsen explains that he cannot explain situations, and doubts that he even believes them himself, having lived through them. Research at least three unbelievable tales that actually turned out to be true, and utilize them as justification that Paulsen's experiences actually happened to him, despite their seeming unreal nature.

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