Extra Challenge

Your grandfather had to walk five miles in the snow to get to school. Your mother had to walk three miles in a thunderstorm to get to school. You have to walk six blocks in 90-degree heat to the school bus stop. Sorry, but that’s nothing.
Rick Hansen of Canada wheeled his wheelchair 24,901.55 miles. He crossed 34 countries and four continents. It took him over two years. George Meegan of Great Britain walked from the southern tip of South America to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska. That’s 19, 019 miles and 2,426 days. Plennie Wingo walked backwards from Santa Monica, California, to Istanbul, Turkey ? over 8,000 miles. Each of these people faced a huge challenge. With the help of many people, each one met the challenge.
1. The best title is --
(A) The Long Way Home
(B) Lost in theCountry
(C) Driving Across America
(D) A Nice Day
2. Rick Hansen wheeled his wheelchair through --
(A) 7 countries
(B) 2 continents
(C) 34 countries
(D) 3 continents
3. Plennie Wingo walked backwards for about --
(A) 34, 000 miles
(B) 8,000 miles
(C) 19,000 miles
(D) 4 miles
4. You can tell that these people were --
(A) lazy
(B) happy
(C) determined
(D) sad
5. The word “challenge” in line eleven means --
(A) offer
(B) test
(C) walk
(D) accident
thunderstorm: a storm accompanied by lightning and thunder.
continents: any one of the seven large continuous land masses that constitute most of the dry land on the surface of the earth: the continent of Europe.
1. The thunderstorm has frightened the little girl.
2. There are seven continents in the world.