Show:
Setting
Vocabulary
Character
Details
Bonus
100
Where did this story take place?
Alaska
100
What are piles of snow?
Drifts
100
Who it the main character?
Balto
100
What did the author compare the movement of the ice to?
the up and down of a roller coaster
100
Why did the dogs wear booties?
To keep their paws from freezing or getting cut.
200
Where did Balto have to take the medicine?
Nome
200
What is a telegraph used for?
To send messages.
200
Who is Gunnar Kasson?
The dogsled driver.
200
What disease were the people dying from?
The people were dying from diptheria.
200
Why was a dogsled the only way to get the medicine to Nome?
Because there was such a bad snowstorm that the train tracks were frozen and the planes couldn't see to fly and the roads were all frozen shut.
300
Why couldn't the planes or trains get to Nome?
Because of the terrible snow storm.
300
What is another name for a path?
Trail
300
What kind of a dog was Balto?
Balto was half-wolf, half-dog.
300
What made the loud cracking sound?
The sea ice splitting apart.
300
How was Balto different from other dogs that are half Eskimo dog and half wolf?
Balto was gentle and tame. He learned fast and was a good leader.
400
What is on the sea ice.
Where was Balto when he heard the cracking noise?
400
The dog ________________ the way through the storm.
guided
400
In this story, what does "mush" mean?
A command to make the dogs go
400
Why is there a statue of Balto in New York?
Because he had great courage and was brave.
400
Why did Kasson shake his head when people thanked him?
Because Balto was the hero and he wanted to take care of his paws.
500
Did this story take place in the past, present, future or fantasyland?
past
500
This tells us how cold or hot is is.
temperature
500
How did Balto show he was smart?
He took the sled around the frozen sea where ice was breaking up
500
Why was the trip longer than Kasson expected?
He missed the town of Safety.
500
Why was the bumpy ice the worst part of the trail over the sea ice?
Because the sled kept turning over.