Onward

What does the word sacrificed mean in the sentence below?

He sacrificed the contents of his piggy bank to help his sister purchase a bicycle helmet.

• gave up

• withheld

• collected

• loaned out

What does the word frigid mean in the sentence below?

Blake enjoys the frigid temperatures in January.

• inviting

• miserable

• normal

• very cold

What does the word expanse mean in the sentence below?

Astronauts search for stars in the vast expanse of the universe.

• a dark area

• a large area

• a large number

• a confined space

What does the word deduced mean in the sentence below?

After finding the paw prints, Aunt Jackie deduced that raccoons had eaten the corn in her garden.

• doubted

• concluded

• overlooked

• misunderstood

What does the word equivalent mean in the sentence below?

Jason said watching the boring movie was equivalent to watching paint dry.

• the same as

• worse than

• harder than

• different from

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

To organize the selection and develop the main idea, the author--

• explains effects first and then their causes

• describes each crew member one at a time

• tells the final outcome first then the details

• describes events in the order they happened

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

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 crew members build igloos at the camps

The fact that the crew members 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 crew members wanted to stay active

• Peary had suffered severe frostbite before