1)

C

In the 1890's foam pads were not available for camping.

Instead, a camper would use cut boughs from a tree

and lay them on the ground, creating a crude mattress.

2)

A

Many of the people who went North to the Klondike

Gold Fields were not prospectors. It took time

to adjust to the harsh conditions of the far north.

3)

B

Coffee was the preferred drink of the gold rush.

You would boil water and place 3 or 4 beans in the pot, wait

a few minutes, and you would have a nice hot cup of coffee!

4)

C

Not everyone who went North found gold;

most people worked hard on claims with little or no gold.

5)

C

The miners lived in small cabins with two or three

people and went months without bathing.

The conditions were ripe for lice.

6)

B

If you had the money, luxuries available in the great cities of

the United States and Canada could be purchased in Dawson City.

7)

A

Beans were the main staple of the stampeders diet.

8)

B

Not everyone worked hard when they arrived in the gold fields!

9)

A

Beans, bacon, and bread may have sustained the miners, but lack

of vitamin C in their diet made them susceptible to the disease scurvy.

10)

B

Fresh eggs were so valuable, that a dozen

could sell for as high as $18.00!

11)

C

Not everyone who went North had a good time.

The hard work and difficult conditions made

some people hard to get along with.