A.
On Wednesday, March 20, 198, at 9:00 a.m., Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ®, the dog-pulling sled race form Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
B.
Riddles checked into Safety, the last checkpoint before the finish line, many hours ahead of her nearest competitor.
C.
She raced with a thirteen-dog team through debilitating blizzards in 18 days, 20 minutes, and 17 seconds, and won $50,000.
D.
Riddles put the Iditarod on th emap with her storybook win and her photo on the magazine covers and fron tpages of many newspapers.
E.
The next three Iditarods also were won by a woman, Susan Butcher, who in 1987, had a then record-breaking time of 11 days, 2 hours, and 5 minutes.
1 answer
The TWO sentences that BEST explain why the author refers to Riddles’s win as a “storybook win” are:
C. She raced with a thirteen-dog team through debilitating blizzards in 18 days, 20 minutes, and 17 seconds, and won $50,000.
D. Riddles put the Iditarod on the map with her storybook win and her photo on the magazine covers and front pages of many newspapers.
