Racing Through Danger

What was the deadly disease spreading through Nome?

• Diphtheria

• Influenza

• Malaria

• Tuberculosis

How did the medicine need to be delivered to Nome?

• By airplane

• By ship

• By dogsled

• By train

How many dogsled teams were involved in delivering the medicine?

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 25

Who was the musher for the last dogsled team?

• Balto

• Gunnar Kaasen

• Blair Rainsford

• Gary Hanna

What did Balto do when the team got lost?

• He gave up

• He found the trail

• He ran in the wrong direction

• He barked for help

What happened to the medicine during the run?

• It got lost

• It froze solid

• It was stolen

• It melted

How did Balto lead his team?

• By barking loudly

• By running in the back

• By following the other dogs

• By running in front

The author’s purpose in this passage is to inform the readers about a dog, who along with his team and owner, saved a town. Which two sentences from the passage best support this?

• Kaasen knew he could count on Balto.

• They needed to find the trail soon.

• He led his team all night and into the morning.

• They ran through thick snow and ice.

The central idea of the passage is

• One man saved a whole town from diphtheria.

• People in an Alaskan town were dying.

• The team persevered through many challenges.

• The town of Nome was saved by a dogsled teams.

Choose a two relevant details to support the central idea that a town was saved by a dogsled team.

• Twenty dogsled teams worked together.

• Balto found the sent of the trail so the team stayed on track.

• Balto was tired from running.

• Gunnar Kaasen was the musher for the team.