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In This Unit:
Watch:
"The First 100 Miles... In The Summer"
Length=3:13
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Articles:
Why Race The Iditarod?
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Rainy Pass To Rohn
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Rest During A Race?
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Who Is Winning?
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Test:
Unit 3 Online Quiz
Other Units:
Mushing In Alaska Units
Unit 1: Alaska And Mushing Transform
Unit 2: A Sport Is Born
Unit 3: The Iditarod
Unit 4: Equipment And The Athletes
Unit 5: The Mushing Life
Unit 3:
The Iditarod
Online Test
Read each question and choose the best answer. Only one answer is correct.
From the
Video - The First 100 Miles... In The Summer
:
1: Which is
NOT
a type of boat used on the Yentna and Susitna Rivers?
An Airboat
A Jetboat
A Sailboat
2: During the Alaskan summer...
the sun hardly sets.
rivers along the Iditarod trail remain frozen.
it snows nearly every day.
From the
Why Race?
Article:
3: Bryan Bearss, when approaching Nome, was suprised when he wanted to...
turn around and stay on the trail
enter the race again and try to win
stop at the last checkpoint to take a nap
4: True or False: If a musher finishes last in the Iditarod, they are always disappointed in their race.
True
False
5: True or False: All mushers hope to some day win the Iditarod.
True
False
From the
Rainy Pass to Rohn
Article:
6: On the run from Rainy Pass to Rohn Andy saw...
A Bear
A Porcupine
A Moose
7: What was the first thing that Andy did when he got to Rohn?
He cared for his dogteam
He took a nap
He rethought his race strategy
8: True or False: The moon was so bright for part of the run that Andy didn't need to use his headlamp.
True
False
From the
Rest During A Race?
Article:
9: When a musher rests their dog team on the trail, :
it is a relaxing break for the musher.
they have people to help them care for their dogs.
they have a lot of things to do.
10: If a musher wants to give their team water between checkpoints, they often have to:
carry it with them from the last checkpoint.
stop at a store along the trail.
melt snow with their dog food cooker.
11: True or False: A musher takes care of themself before caring for their dog team at a checkpoint.
True
False
From the
Who Is Winning?
Article:
12: If a musher takes 12 hours to travel a trail that took other mushers 5 hours, they may have:
gotten lost
stopped to rest
encountered slow trail conditions
All Of The Above
13: True or False: Each musher stops for the same amount of time on their '24'.
True
False
14: True or False: Teams will often choose to rest on the trail between checkpoints.
True
False
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