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A TRUE PIONEER

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Read the text and answer the activities below.

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Justine was a 21-year-old city� girl when she moved to her family's small fishing camp, called Gunflint Lodge, in the wilderness of Northern Minnesota. She and her family lived there after they lost their money and their homes in the Depression.

The lodge didn't have running water or electricity when they arrived. Justine learned how to hunt and fish from the Native Americans who lived in the area. In the winter, she traveled by dogsled� for days or even a week at a time.

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She got married in 1934. She and her husband, Bill Kerfoot, had three children

. They worked very hard to make the lodge a succesful business. After a fire in 1953 , Justine and Bill rebuilt the lodge in only few months.

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Justine made most of the new furniture herself. It was sometimes difficult, but Justine drove across Africa and traveled to the Amazon and Antarctica. She continued to hunt , fish, canoe, and ride dogsleds when� she was over 80 years old. She wrote three books about her life.

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Her life definitely didn't turn out as planned, but it was an amazing life.

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I.�Write True or False.

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1. Justine and her family went to Guntflint Lodge for a vacation.��

2. There were no electric lights at Gunflint Lodge when they arrived.�

3. Justine didn't know how to hunt or fish when she arrived.�

4.� Justine and Bill had two sons and two daughters.�

5. It took a long time to rebuild the lodge after the fire.�

6.�Justine didn't� do adventurous things when she was old.�

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�FURNITURE��

� LODGE�

� BUSINESS

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� DOGSLED��

� WILDERNESS

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II.�Use the underline words from the text�to complete these definitions.

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1. A small country house occupied in season for sports such as hunting and shooting.

2. A sled pull by dogs.

3. Comercial activity.

4. An uncultivated, uninhabited and inhospitable region.

5. The movable articles that are�used to make a room or building suitable for living or working in, such as tables, chairs or desks.

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III. Number the events in order.

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��  She got married.

�� A fire burned the lodge.

�� Justine continued hunting, fishing and canoeing at the age of 80.

�� 1��Justine and her family lost their money in the Depression.

�� She moved to the lodge of her family.

�� She and her husband had three children.

�� She wrote 3 books about her life.

�� They rebuilt the lodge in few months.�

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IV. Complete with one , two or three words.

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1. Justine �a family with her husband and her 3 children.

2. She was able to built� .

3. She � three books about� �.

4. When she was over� she was still able to do things like hunting and fishing.

5. The lodge didn't have�� when she first arrived.

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V. Complete with WHO, WHERE, HOW MANY, WHAT and choose the correct answer.

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1. �children did Justine have?��

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2. �was the lodge of Justine family?

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3. �did Justine and her family lose?

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4. �wrote three books?��

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5. �places did she travel to?

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A True Pioneer

A TRUE PIONEER