Balto, A Heroic Dog

Where does this story take place?

• Canada

• California

• Alaska

• Siberia

What was the problem in the story?

• medicine couldn't be delivered because of bad weather

• Balto was too slow

• Balto would not listen to his musher

• there wasn't enough snow to run the sled

How many paragraphs are in this story?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

What point of view is this story written in?

• First

• Second

• Third

• seventh

What was the special medicine called?

• a serum

• a pill

• an antibiotic

• a cold

After the serum was delivered by train, it still had to travel more. How many more miles did the serum need to go to get to Nome.

• 100 miles

• 500 miles

• 674 miles

• 756 miles

Since weather would not allow the serum to be delivered by ship or plane, how did they decide to transport the serum?

• by car

• by a dogsled team

• they had to carry it on their back

• they would email it

What is the name of the person that drives the sled and leads the dogsled?

• Master

• Leader

• Musher

• Captain

How cold did it get on the trail?

• 85 degrees

• 40 degrees below zero

• it was freezing

• 65 degrees

What happened during the last leg of the journey?

• a blizzard surprised them

• it became easier, and they had no trouble

• they lost the medicine

• they had to turn back