NameSelectionComprehensionChoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.Howdoyouknow“TheGreatSerumRace”isnarrativenonfiction?Ittellsaboutcharacters,places,andeventsthatarereal.Thestoryissetinthefutureandisbasedonscientificideas.Itisahumorousstoryaboutimpossibleorexaggeratedhappenings.Characters’actionsandfeelingsareshownmostlythroughdialogue.2.Themainreasontheauthorwrote“TheGreatSerumRace”wastogiveexamplesofhowpeopletravelinAlaska.describeadangerousandheroicadventure.tellaboutacourageousAlaskandoctor.demonstratethevalueofdogteams.3.Whywastheserumdeliveredbysleddogs?TheyweregoingtoNomeanyway.Theyhadtokeeptheserumcold.Itwastoocoldtoflyaplane.Thedogshadtogetexercise.4.Whatwasthegreatestchallengethemushersfaced?thefreezingweatherthetallmountainsthelongdistancethetireddogs5.WhatistheMAINideaof“TheGreatSerumRace”?Nomehadadeadlyoutbreakofdiphtheriain1925.Menandanimalsworkedtogethertosaveacommunity.Sleddogdriverscantravelmanymileswiththeirteams.ManyplacesinAlaskacanbereachedonlybydogsled.WeeklyLessonTestLesson8©Harcourt•Grade673SelectionComprehension“TheGreatSerumRace”Name6.WhichsentenceisanOPINIONfrom“TheGreatSerumRace”?TogoledthewaytowardDexter’sRoadhouseinGolovin,aboutfiftymilesaway.Ateachrelaypoint,themusherswarmedtheserumoverwood-firedstoves.Themusherstraveledaroundtheclock,usuallybymoonlightortwilight.Togo,Scotty,Balto,Fox,Jack,andalltheotherdogsweretrueheroes.7.WhydidLeonhardchangehismindaboutcontinuingacrossthefrozensea?Thetrailhadbecomeunsafe.Theroutealongtheshorewasquicker.Thenextsledwouldmeethiminadifferentplace.Thedogsweretootiredtopullthesledacrosstheice.8.WhichdetailwouldbeMOSTimportanttoincludeinasummaryof“TheGreatSerumRace”?Thebundleofserumweighedtwentypounds.Dr.Welchcomfortedamotherandsickchildren.Communityleaderstoldpeopletostayintheirhomes.Musherstraveledhundredsofmilesonasnow-packedtrail.READTHINKEXPLAINWrittenResponse9.Baltoisoftenhonoredastheherooftherace,butsomepeopledisagree.Whichpersonoranimaldoyouthinkwasthemostheroic?Usedetailsfrom“TheG...
