Frozen Dreams

At the beginning of the article, what did Matthew Henson dream of achieving?

• finding work on a ship as a skilled cabin boy

• getting back to camp before his feet froze

• learning to drive a dogsled like European explorers.

• being one of the first people to reach he North Pole

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

In the sentence "Surely Henson was embittered by this injustice", embitterred means Henson was made_______.

• sad

• powerless

• angry

• indifferent

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

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CCSS.RL.5.4

What did the Inuit people do for Henson and Robert Peary?

• wrote stories of their adventures

• helped them survive in the Arctic

• returned to the bay to pick them up

• searched for routes from Europe to Asia

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence from the article supports the answer to question 3?

• "They believed the area was cursed by a demon called Kokoyah.....:"

• "But they were still 700 miles from the North Pole."

• "One month later, they came ashore and set up camp near a bay."

• "Henson's Inuit friends taught him how to hunt and ice fish."

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

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CCSS.RL.6.2

What problems did Henson and Peary face on their Arctic expedition? Choose TWO of the following

• blizzards

• lost dogs

• split boots

• lack of food

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

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CCSS.RL.6.9

Soon after the expedition, who became famous for reaching the North Pole?

• Henson

• Henson and Peary

• Ootah

• Peary

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2

What conclusion can you draw from "Frozen Dreams"?

• No one will ever know if Henson was a great explorer or not.

• People forgot about Peary when they learned about Henson.

• Henson was as important as Peary to the success of their expedition.

• Henson would never have achieved anything great if he hadn't gone to Arctic.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which sentence from the article supports the answer to question 7?

• "By then it was clear to Peary how much more Henson could do...."

• "The gravestone says: Matthew Alexander Henson/Co-discoverer of the North Pole."

• "Henson was rarely mentioned, except as Peary's manservant."

• "But by the time Henson died in 1955, America was changing."

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2