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