Akiak Comprehension Quiz

The author organized this story by:

• weeks
• chapters
• days
• pages

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

• They saw her footprints in that direction
• because she was an experienced sled dog
• because she had a map
• because she followed the sun and moon

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

• she squirmed her was away out of a handlers leash and ran away

• someone opened the back door

• all the lights turned out

When Akiak was starving and thirsty how did she survive?

• drank water from cracked ice
• ate leftover food
• both of these answers are correct

Being on the Iditarod Sled Race is really easy!

• fact 
• opinion

The volunteers changed in what way throughout the story?

• they stopped trying to catch her and started cheering for her.
• The decided that they do not like Akiak anymore.
• They started out cheering for her and then they tried toi stop her.
• They were angry and then became sad.

Which does not support the fact that Akiak was a very determined dog?

• She finished the race almost entirely without her team.
• She salvaged through food to eat to be strong.
• She never gave up when she was sent home. She wriggled out of her leash and ran away.
• she buried her head in the snow.

What is a synonym for rugged?

• broken
• uneven
• hidden
• level

In the phrase, "the biting wind made by cheeks red," the word biting means to feel something...

• fluffy

• creamy

• stinging

• soggy

The word 'burrowed' in the sentence 'Akiak burrowed into the snow to keep warm." means to...

• leaped
• dig
• dragged
• race