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