Question

ada blackjack johnson: a survivor

1. wrangell island is a small and mostly icy landform. just off the coast of siberia in russia. for

many years, the island was home for ada blackjack johnson, the lone survivor of a failed
wilderness expedition. when she was finally rescued, many newspapers called her a female
robinson crusoe, in reference to the hero of a daniel defoe novel. in the book, the title
character is shipwrecked for years on a tropical island and survives.

1. wrangell island is no such tropical paradise. it is a barren, rocky, frozen place in the arctic

circle. most of the year it is surrounded by pack ice. about 80 miles long and 30 miles across,
the narrow - shaped island has low mountains in its center and the bones of wooly mammoths
buried beneath its frosty tundra. no person lived there when ada blackjack arrived, although
foxes, seals, ducks, geese, and polar bears wandered on the island. those animals helped ada
survive her ordeal.

1. in 1921, when ada was only twenty - three years old, she agreed to go to wrangell island. she

needed work as a seamstress for a team of four others who had agreed to explore and settle the
remote island. their colony would establish a claim on the island for great britain. they were to
stay there for a year, and then other people would join them the following summer.

1. vilhjalmur stefansson (or william steplenson, as he was called in english) told the group that

the island was a \friendly\ place. stefansson was a famous arctic explorer and had written
popular books about his adventures. he believed that people could live in the desolate places of
the arctic if they used common sense. he believed that hunting would support a community.
the group believed that stefansson knew what he was talking about, even though none of
them had any experience living in arctic conditions.
which detail from the text supports the idea that ada could survive on wrangell island?
\soon she was alone, except for a pet cat named vic, on a deserted island in the middle
of the chukchi sea.\
\she typed up notes on a typewriter and even made an umiak (a small boat) from
driftwood, canvas, and animal skins.\
\amazingly, even after hearing adas story, the families stayed on the island.\
\ada returned to nome and took care of her ill son.\

Explanation:

The option "She typed up notes on a typewriter and even made an umiak (a small boat) from driftwood, canvas, and animal skins" shows Ada's resourcefulness. Making a boat and using available materials (driftwood, canvas, animal skins) indicates skills needed for survival. Typing notes might imply organization and record - keeping, which can be part of long - term survival strategies. The other options:

• "Soon she was alone..." just describes her situation (being alone), not her survival capabilities.
• "Amazingly, even after hearing Ada's story..." is about other families' actions, not Ada's survival.
• "Ada returned to Nome..." is about her leaving the island (after survival perhaps), not her survival on the island.

Answer:

"She typed up notes on a typewriter and even made an umiak (a small boat) from driftwood, canvas, and animal skins."