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2. For about how many days did search-and-rescue dogs work at the 9/11 disaster sites?

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3. One search-and-rescue canine team is equal to about how many human searchers?

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4. What award did Ruby Jane Smith win in 2005?     
                                                             

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 Vocabulary Challenge!
Match each new word below with its definition.

____ 1. efficient                  ____ 2. hazardous ____ 3. glaciers ____ 4. immune system ____ 5. rubble ____ 6. respiratory ____ 7. scurf ____ 8. speculate

A. giant sheets of moving ice B. the system that protects the body against diseases and infections C. the scent that comes from a mixture of sweat and tiny flakes of skin D. dangerous E. having to do with breathing F. capable G. to guess H. wreckage

Get Writing!
Imagine you have been invited to speak at an awards ceremony where search-and-rescue dogs are being honored. Write a speech explaining why search-and-rescue dogs are important and describing what they do. 
 

































 Answer Key:
1. Cynthia Otto
found on page 2, Nose to the Grindstone

2. 10
found on page 3, Nose to the Grindstone

3. 20
found on page 3, Super Sniffers

4. the Mississippi State Fiddler title
found on page 4, Sweet Sound of Success (photo caption)

Vocabulary Challenge!
1. F
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. H                                                                                           
6. E
7. C                                                                                           
8. G