Read the passage from "What It Takes to Prepare for the Iditarod."

In earty winter, mushers begin accumulating the food and equipment that will be shipped ahead to each checkpoint of the race. Each musher ships a total about 3,000 pounds of food and supples. All of this comes at a price. Estimates of the cost for a musher to enter a team in the Iditarod range upwards of $50,000 for a winning team. In order to pay for this, most mushers solicit sponsors. It is probably the musher's least favorite job. "You can end up feeling like you're seling your soul for money," cited one competitor.

First question: Which best describes the tone of this passage?

- The tone is frustrated, because It is very expensive to race in the Iditarod.

- The tone is disappointed, because the mushers do not always get the money they need to race in the Iditarod.

- The tone is boring, because the information is not important for racing in the Iditarod.

- The tone is encouraging, because the mushers can rely on others to pay the costs of the Iditarod.

Second question: How does the idiom selling your soul contribute to the meaning of this passage?

-It shows that the mushers don't like having to rely on sponsors so they can race in the Iditarod

-It shows how time-consuming it is for the mushers to work with sponsors when they race in the Iditarod.

-It shows that the mushers work harder on finding sponsors, than on training to race in the Iditarod.

-it shows how difficult it is for the mushers to find sponsors to cover the costs of the racing in the Iditarod

The answer choice that best describes the tone of this passage is A. The tone is frustrated because It is very expensive to race in the Iditarod.

What is Tone?

This refers to the author's outlook in a book that shows and sets the mood of the text.

Hence, we can see that the way the idiom selling your soul contributes to the meaning of this passage is that it shows that the mushers don't like having to rely on sponsors so they can race in the Iditarod