Race to the Rescue

Which sentence from the passage BEST states the main idea of the article?

• "The first team soon left Anchorage on the first leg of the trip."

• "The team brought the medicine that would keep the children in Nome safe."

• "A husky named Balto was at the lead."

• "They also wanted the race to celebrate Alaska and the important role of sled dogs."

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Which sentence from the article BEST explains why it was important to get medicine to Nome quickly?

• "The disease was a serious threat to the children who lived there."

• "People were in a hurry to get the medicine from Anchorage to Nome."

• "Each team played a key part in the relay to race the medicine to Nome."

• "Reporters wrote articles about the heroic race to deliver the medicine to Nome."

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CCSS.RI.3.2

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Reread paragraph 5. How do the key details in paragraph 5 support the paragraph's main idea?

• They explain how far the dog sled teams traveled.

• They explain how the dog sled teams became famous.

• They describe the route the dog sled teams took to Nome.

• They describe the problems the dog sled teams faced.

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Read this sentence from paragraph 8.

"Over forty years later, people in Alaska wanted to honor the heroic race that brought the medicine to Nome."

What does heroic mean in this context?

• very old

• difficult to win

• very interesting

• done with courage

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Paragraph 2 says the trip from Anchorage to Nome was "very hard." Explain why the trip was hard. Use details from paragraph 2 to support your answer.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

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