Sled dogs to rescue

Which of the following tells the main idea of this book?

• It is fun to watch teams of sled dogs racing in the snow.

• Sled dog teams are the best way to get around in the snow.

• Teams of sled dogs delivered medicine to a town of sick children.

• There were not very many cars, trains, or planes in 1925.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following details is an opinion from the book?

• It was clear that sled dogs were the best way to deliver the medicine

• On january 27 the medicine arrived by train while the first sled dog team waited.

• The medicine sabed the sick children and stopped the spread of disease.

• People gave money to bring the dogs to Cleveland, Ohio, where they were welcomed with the nicest toys and treats.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which detail from the text supports this statement: The dogs battled through rough wilderness in the bitter cold.

• It all started when a terrible disease spread through the town of Nome, Alaska.

• However, the distance was too far for one sled dog team.

• Eppala's lead dog was a twelve-year-old Siberian Husky named Togo

• Some of the dogs did not survive the journey.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What caused Balto's team to continue on the last leg of the journey instead of handing off the medicine to the last team?

• The last team was too afraid to go through the blizzard

• The last team did not have a lead dog as good as Balto

• The last team was not at the hand-0ff point

• The last team was not ready to leave.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Balto and his team traveled through a blizzard. What is a blizzard?

• a very bad snowstorm

• a very bad rainstorm

• a sandstorm

• a very bad thunderstorm

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In what section of the book can the reader find information about the events that caused the race to happen?

• The Great Sled Dog Relay

• A Terrible disease

• After the Race

• The Dogs Deliver

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the author's opinion of the sled dogs from 1925?

• The author thinks the sled dogs were dangerous

• The author thinks the sled dogs were heroes

• The author thinks the sled dogs were not fast enough

• The author thinks the sled dogs were not strong enough

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What can you infer after reading these sentences from the book: A yer after the race, Seppala took his dog, including Togo, on a tour across the United States. They drew large crowds.

• Many people in the United States had not heard about the events in Alaska

• Many people in the United States enjoyed looking at Siberian huskies.

• Many people in the United States thought the sled dog teams were heroes

• Many people in the United States did not approve of the sled dog team's actions

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following sentences

from the book would lead

readers to conclude that it was

important that the medicine did

not get too cold?

• On January 27, the medicine

  arrived by train where the

  first sled dog team waited.

• Mushers would hand off the

  medicine to the next team at

  different posts along the way.

• Then, others became very

  sick and needed medicine

  right away.

• Many times, the mushers

  had to stop to warm the

  medicine by the fire.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The sled dog teams participated

in a relay in 1925. What is a

relay?

• a game that sled dog teams

  played in Alaska in the

  1900s that included racing

  in blizzards

• the process of moving or

  delivering something in

  stages by passing it from

  one person to another

• groups of animals harnessed

  together to pull a vehicle

• a race to see who is the

  fastest sled dog team

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4