Akiak Comprehension

The author organized the sections of this book by:

• weeks

• chapters

• days

Why did the volunteers think Akiak would follow the race trail?

• they saw her footprints in that direction

• because she was an experienced sled dog

• they just randomly guessed

Both the musher and the lead dog are females.

• true

• false

When Akiak ran into the community hall how did she escape?

• she snuck out

• someone opened the back door

• all the lights turned out

When Akiak was starving and thirsty how did she survive?

• drank water from the cracked ice

• ate leftover food

• both of these answers

The volunteers chanced in what way throughout the story?

• They stopped trying to catch her and started cheering her on.

• They used to like Akiak and now they hated her.

• They started out supporting her and then they tried to stop her.

Being on the Iditarod Sled Race seems like it would be fairly easy.

• True

• False

At the end of the book:

• Akiak's team won the race

• she died

• they lost the race