"A Race Against Time"

Which sentence best states a main idea of the article?

• Washington is very beautiful.
• Sleepovers are fun.
• Some dogs can be very effective searchers.
• Dogs are great companions.

Which of these lines from the article best supports your answer to question #1 (main idea)?

• "A SAR dog can be more effective than 20 human searchers."
• "Sammie and Ali had been missing for five hours..."
• "Searchers slipped and fell on muddy trails."
• "The woods were thick."

Humans shed bits of skin called _________.

• dandruff
• rafts
• scars
• flakes

Which of these statements is NOT true based on the article?

• Sammie and Ali got lost in the woods.
• Nearly 100 people searched for the girls.
• Most of the human searchers brought SAR dogs with them.
• Some SAR dogs can search for people underwater.

According to the article, training an SAR dog....

• is not necessary.
• is very dangerous.
• can be done by almost anyone.
• takes a lot of time.

Which line from the article supports the answer to question #5 (about training SAR dogs)?

• "She was a 3-year-old golden retriever."
• "SAR dogs search in the wilderness."
• "All dogs have a great sense of smell."
• "They go through hundreds of hours of training."

On page 11, it reads, "The hours crept by." What does that mean?

• Time passed quickly.
• Time passed slowly.
• It was hard to tell what time it was in the woods.
• The searchers lost track of time.

According to the article, why are dogs so good at searching?

• Dogs have a great sense of smell.
• Dogs never get tired.
• Dogs have better vision than humans.
• Dogs are smarter than humans.

Which line from the article supports the answer to question #8 (about why dogs are good searchers)? 

• "Maddee is an SAR dog."
•   “A dog’s sense of smell is thousands of times stronger than ours.”
•  “But not all dogs can do Maddee’s job.”
•  “But Maddee was focused.”

Which quote supports the idea that SAR dogs must be well-trained?

•   “She was a 3-year-old golden retriever named Maddee.”
•  “SAR dogs search in the wilderness.”
• “All dogs have a great sense of smell.”
•   “They go through hundreds of hours  of training.”