Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod Comprehension and Vocabulary

The author organized the sections of this book by:

• Days
• Weeks
• Chapters

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

• They saw her footprints in that direction
• because she was an experienced lead dog
• they just randomly guessed

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

• She snuck out
• someone opened the back door
• all the lights turned out 

Then Akiak was starving and thirsty how did she survive? 

• drank food and water from cracked ice
• ate leftover food
• Both of these answers

The volunteers changed 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