A) Telephone lines are frozen. B) Many people are sick with diphtheria. C) People are dying from the flu. D) Nome is 880 miles from Anchorage
A) trains can't get over the snowdrifts. B) dog teams can get through the storm C) the sea is frozen, so no ships can sail there. 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) 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) The up and down of a roller coaster C) keys on telegraph D) a gun being shot
A) the dogs slipped and skidded B) Kasson couldn't see through the falling snow C) the sled kept turning over 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 reaching the town of Safety in fourteen hours D) by getting around where the sea ice was breaking up
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) big and fast B) friendly and sure-footed C) calm and determined D) tame and strong
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) trusted people B) was born in New York C) had great courage D) was a handsome dog
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