A) Many people are sick with diphtheria. B) Telephone lines are frozen. C) People are dying from the flu. D) Nome is 880 miles from Anchorage
A) dog teams can get through the storm B) the sea is frozen, so no ships can sail there. C) trains can't get over the snowdrifts. D) the strong winds prevent planes from flying
A) The trail went across a sea of ice. B) Balto had to guide Kasson and the dogs. C) It was longer than other trips. D) Kasson had never made a trip to Nome.
A) a command for the dogs to start pulling the sled B) cold food for dogs C) a hot food Kasson always ate. D) a mix of snow and icy water
A) a gun being shot B) the smoothness of glass C) keys on telegraph D) The up and down of a roller coaster
A) Kasson couldn't see through the falling snow B) the dogs hurt their paws on the sharp ice C) the dogs slipped and skidded D) the sled kept turning over
A) Someone fired a gun. B) A runner broke off the sled. C) A frozen tree branch broke off in the wind. D) The sea ice split apart.
A) by getting around where the sea ice was breaking up B) by saving Gunnar Kasson from freezing in the snow C) by getting a team of doctors to the rescue train D) by reaching the town of Safety in fourteen hours
A) The team had to go around the deepest snow. B) Balto could not find the trail. C) The team missed the town of Safety. D) The airport was closed.
A) tame and strong B) calm and determined C) friendly and sure-footed D) big and fast
A) He wanted them to thank Balto, not him. B) He was shivering from the cold. C) He was shaking snow off his head. D) He wanted to take care of Balto's paws.
A) had great courage B) trusted people C) was a handsome dog D) was born in New York
|