Woodsong - Final Assessment

how may days did it take Gary Pualsen to finish the Iditarod

• 18

• 17

• 10

• 2

how many miles was the race

• 1,180

• 2,000

what happend in the end

• Gary Paulsen quit the Iditarod

• Gary Paulsen finished the Iditarod

• Gary Paulsen won first place

where did the race start.

• Anchorage

• Minnesota

• Magnolia Middle

• Nome

Who are the two characters that Paulsen sees in his hallucinations?

• The Eskimo and The man in the trenchcoat

• The Eskimo and Scarface

• The man in the trenchcoat and Cookie

• Scarface and Storm

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Who is waiting for Paulsen at the finish line that makes him decide not to turn around and go back?

• The Eskimo man

• the boy from the last checkpoint

• his wife

• his father

At the end of the story, Paulsen does not want the race to end. Find the piece of text ecidence that best shows why he says this.

• "It is always possible to learn from the dogs, and in fact the longer I'm with them, the more I understand how little I know,"

• "And there came a time when it was supposed to end."

• "I am steeped in beauty. Its like going back ten, tweleve thousand years, running over these mountains with a dog team

• "You want the race, the exaltation, the joy and beauty of it to go on and on..."

Throughout most of the story, who was his lead dog?

• storm

• Scarhead

• Columbia

• He had no leader

What did Paulsen eat when he was out of food?

• Snow

• Berries

• sticks of butter

• Dog food

 

Does he want to run the race again?

• No

• Never

• Maybe

• Yes he does