Onward: A Photobiography of African American Explorer Matthew Henson

What is this selection mainly about?

• the frigid weather of the Arctic
• the friendship between Henson and Peary
• the first Americans to reach the North Pole
• the dangers of traveling in freezing climates

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To organize the selection and develop the main idea, the author _____.

• describes the events in the order they happened
• explains effects first and then their causes
• describes each crewmember one at a time
• tells the final outcome first then the details

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The last paragraph on page 333 is mainly about _____.

• why the crew needed special sledges
• what the crew used as sleeping sacks
• how bearskin differs from deerskin and flannel
• how the Inuit women made clothing for the crew

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To prevent supplies from getting buried in deep snow, Peary decided to _____.

• redesign and build Inuit sledges
• use six relay teams with supplies
• have Henson accompany him to the Pole
• have crewmembers build igloos at the camps

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The fact that the crewmembers had to keep moving their limbs in order to keep their blood circulating supports the idea that _____.

• the expedition was poorly planned
• the temperature was dangerously cold
• the crewmembers wanted to stay active
• Peary had suffered severe frostbite before

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What are pages 335 and 336 mostly about?

• how crewmembers had to conserve fuel and supplies
• why crewmembers had to move campsites so often
• the dangers the expedition encountered as they moved north
• the reason many support parties were sent back to the base camp

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Henson knew he would be the one to accompany Peary to the North Pole when _____.

• Peary ordered Bartlett to retreat
• he survived the fall into the lead
• he helped Peary build the sledges
• the Inuit asked him to go with them

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The fact that Ootah pulled Henson from the water and warmed his feet supports the idea that _____.

• the Inuit knew how to survive in the extreme conditions
• the crewmembers often fell through the ice and into the water
• Henson had made four previous attempts to reach the North Pole
• the Inuit took the expedition more seriously than the new crewmembers

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From the caption on page 340, the reader can conclude that the Inuit _____.

• looked forward to returning home
• were unimpressed with the North Pole
• resented having to hold the flags for the photo
• were proud of their contribution to the expedition

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What did Peary, Engingwah, and Seegloo do to ensure they had actually reached the North Pole?

• They planted flags in a large pressure ridge.
• They used a sextant to check the position of the sun.
• They drove the sledges in a large rectangle around the campsite.
• They took a photograph of the men holding flags they had brought.

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