Sled dogs to rescue

Which of the following tells the main idea of this book?

• It is fun to watch teams of sled dogs racing in the snow.

• Sled dog teams are the best way to get around in the snow.

• Teams of sled dogs delivered medicine to a town of sick children.

• There were not very many cars, trains, or planes in 1925.

Which of the following details is an opinion from the book?

• It was clear that sled dogs were the best way to deliver the medicine

• On january 27 the medicine arrived by train while the first sled dog team waited.

• The medicine sabed the sick children and stopped the spread of disease.

• People gave money to bring the dogs to Cleveland, Ohio, where they were welcomed with the nicest toys and treats.

Which detail from the text supports this statement: The dogs battled through rough wilderness in the bitter cold.

• It all started when a terrible disease spread through the town of Nome, Alaska.

• However, the distance was too far for one sled dog team.

• Eppala's lead dog was a twelve-year-old Siberian Husky named Togo

• Some of the dogs did not survive the journey.

What caused Balto's team to continue on the last leg of the journey instead of handing off the medicine to the last team?

• The last team was too afraid to go through the blizzard

• The last team did not have a lead dog as good as Balto

• The last team was not at the hand-0ff point

• The last team was not ready to leave.

Balto and his team traveled through a blizzard. What is a blizzard?

• a very bad snowstorm

• a very bad rainstorm

• a sandstorm

• a very bad thunderstorm

In what section of the book can the reader find information about the events that caused the race to happen?

• The Great Sled Dog Relay

• A Terrible disease

• After the Race

• The Dogs Deliver

What is the author's opinion of the sled dogs from 1925?

• The author thinks the sled dogs were dangerous

• The author thinks the sled dogs were heroes

• The author thinks the sled dogs were not fast enough

• The author thinks the sled dogs were not strong enough

What can you infer after reading these sentences from the book: A yer after the race, Seppala took his dog, including Togo, on a tour across the United States. They drew large crowds.

• Many people in the United States had not heard about the events in Alaska

• Many people in the United States enjoyed looking at Siberian huskies.

• Many people in the United States thought the sled dog teams were heroes

• Many people in the United States did not approve of the sled dog team's actions

Which of the following sentences

from the book would lead

readers to conclude that it was

important that the medicine did

not get too cold?

• On January 27, the medicine

  arrived by train where the

  first sled dog team waited.

• Mushers would hand off the

  medicine to the next team at

  different posts along the way.

• Then, others became very

  sick and needed medicine

  right away.

• Many times, the mushers

  had to stop to warm the

  medicine by the fire.

The sled dog teams participated

in a relay in 1925. What is a

relay?

• a game that sled dog teams

  played in Alaska in the

  1900s that included racing

  in blizzards

• the process of moving or

  delivering something in

  stages by passing it from

  one person to another

• groups of animals harnessed

  together to pull a vehicle

• a race to see who is the

  fastest sled dog team