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Chapter 5 - Read and Comprehension Questions answered by Friday 24 June.

Chapter 4 - Read and Comprehension Questions answered by Friday 10 June.

Chapter 3 - Read and Comprehension Questions answered by Friday 3 June.

Chapter 2 - Read and Comprehension Questions answered by Friday 13 May.


Chapter 1 - Read and Comprehension Questions answered by Friday 6 May.

Thursday 16 June 2011

Chapter 5 - The Toil of Trace and Trail

How much weight had Buck lost by the time they arrived in Skaguay?
Buck lost twenty five pounds on the journey. N.Baker
Why were the dogs so tired?
The dogs were tired because they had to travel seventy miles through the Yukon N.Baker
Describe the differing opinions held by Mercedes and Hal concerning their newly acquired dogs.

What advice were they given by the spectators who had been watching this whole fiasco?

How many new dogs did Charles and Hal purchase for the team?

How many previous times had Buck covered the distance between Salt Water and Dawson?

How did Hal try to resolve the fact that he had miscalculated the amount of dog food required for the trip?

What actions of Mercedes slowed down the dog team until they could no longer pull the sled?

Whose camp did they stagger into at the mouth of the White River and what was the gentleman doing?

What did Thornton threaten to do if Hal continued his actions?
He said:"if you strike that dog again I'll kill you!-Brenna.Douglas
What tragedy occurred at the end of this chapter?
Mercedes, Charles, Hal and the dogs (not buck) died because John Thornton told them that the ice was too thin too cross the lake and they did anyway and then the ice broke and the drowned. B-Douglas.     

2 comments:

  1. I still couldn't get the answer for the question How many previous times had Buck covered the distance between Saltwater and Dawson?

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