Blending Different Writing Types Answers

Which conflict from part 1 of "For the Win” most supports the prediction that Jake will work hard to try to win the race?

Which detail from the beginning of part 1 of "For the Win” most supports the prediction that Dean will not properly care for his dogs during the race?

Which statements about this passage are true? Check all that apply.

Read the passage from part 1 of "For the Win.”"Now Dean shows up to ruin everything,” he thought as he checked his gear one last time. "Dean knows nothing about dogs. He simply spent a whole bunch of money to buy a top team and a fancy sled.” Just thinking about that made Jake so burning mad that he didn’t even notice the temperature drop to two below zero.The blog posts of the last week had only made matters worse. Jake and Dean were the two youngest mushers in this year’s race, so they were the big story on the Internet. Reporters and bloggers had asked to interview both of them, and Jake had mostly talked about his dogs and their care, while Dean had mostly bragged. "Well, I can tell you right now that the only thing Jake will see during our two-week run through the wilderness is the back of my sled,” he had said.

Read the passage from part 1 of "For the Win.”"This time will be different,” Jake thought. He had been raising sled dogs for Iditarod teams since he was eight years old, and he knew how to keep them healthy and strong so that they were fast on the trail. Just last year, Jake had decided to build a team of his own and enter the race himself."Now Dean shows up to ruin everything,” he thought as he checked his gear one last time. "Dean knows nothing about dogs. He simply spent a whole bunch of money to buy a top team and a fancy sled.”

Which detail from part 2 of "For the Win” should the reader use to check the prediction that both Jake and Dean make it safely through the storm?

Read the passage from part 2 of "For the Win.”Jake unknotted the dogs and hitched them to the back of his sled. They were not in great shape, but he hoped that they could keep pace if they were not doing the pulling. He gave the signal to Sasha and noticed that daylight was fading fast. "That must have taken more time than I realized,” he grumbled. Then he looked up to see that it wasn’t sunset after all, but a dark storm cloud moving in fast. Now Jake was really afraid. Would they make it back before the storm?

DeanSashaThe sledThe blizzard

Read the passage from part 1 of "For the Win.”Clearly, he was well ahead of Dean and bound to beat him now. Then Jake shook his head. Thinking about Dean gave him an awful sinking feeling. "Should I press on or turn back?” he wondered.

Read the passage from part 2 of "For the Win.”Jake had no idea how far they needed to travel. He couldn’t get his bearings, and now it was hard to see the markers. All he could think to say was, "Home, Sasha.” He hoped that she understood how desperately he needed her to find her way back to the safety of the checkpoint cabin. Jake felt the sled pick up speed just as the blizzard closed in.He held on tightly as ice stung his face and the wind whipped away his dog commands. He had no idea how much time passed as they raced through the swirling white snow. It could have been minutes or hours, but it felt like days.