Akiak

What are some of the dangers of the Iditarod race?

• confusing trails

• icy water

• steep hills

• all of the above

Why did the team leave Akiak behind?

• Akiak refused to listen to Mick.

• Akiak was injured.

• Akiak was having puppies and couldn't go on.

• Akiak was too old to run.

Akiak was obedient and got in the plane like she was supposed to.

• True
• False

Why did the volunteers believe that Akiak had followed the race trail?

• There saw a trail of her footprints.

• They just guessed.

• They saw her on the radar.

• She was an experienced dog and that's what they do.

Akiak had completed in three races before.

• True
• False

Both the musher and the lead dog are females.

• True
• False

When Akiak was starving and thirsty, how did she survive?

(choose 2 options)

• drank water from the cracked ice

• hunted prey

• ate leftover food scraps

• stopped off at homes for food from families nearby

The Iditarod Sled Race seems fairly easy.

• True
• False