Onward

True or False: Onward is a autobiography

• true

• false

Onward tells the story of an expedition to...

• Antartica

• South Pole

• Alaska

• North Pole

What did Matthew Henson have to sacrifice in order to go on 4 expeditions to the North Pole?

• Stable family life

• A chance at being a famous football player

• Graduating college

• Marrying his high school sweetheart

The explorers used a "sledge" to help during their voyage. What is a sledge?

• wagon

• sled to carry supplies

• ice pick to get threw the ice

• type of boat used to get through the ice water

Matthew Henson and his team had the help of the Inuit people. Why did they need them?

• they helped carry the supplies

• it was their home so they knew the terrain well

• they provided the dogs to pull the seldge

• the Inuit wouldn't allow them to enter their land

In the story it said, "Peary checked the position of the sun with his sextant." How did the Sextant help Peary?

• It told him how far they had traveled

• It helped him see through the ice

• It told him how far the team was from the North Pole

• It helped him see if Polar Bears were up ahead

Right before reaching the North Pole Matthew Henson experienced a dangerous situation that almost killed him. What happened?

• He skipped on thin ice and swallowed frigid water that almost burst his lungs.

• The sled dogs pulled him so hard he fell and hit is head on ice

• He was attacked by a wolf while sleeping at night

• Peary pushed Henson during an argument and Henson hit his head. They made up after the fight and got to the North Pole.

The author organized the story using this structure:

• problem & solution

• cause and effect

• sequence of events (chronological order)

• description

What method did the explorers use to keep moving forward on their voyage?

• a relay

• a plane would go ahead of them and drop supplies off

• 4-wheelers allowed them to move fast through the snow

How did this notebook act as a source?

• It was the author's planner of the story

• It is the journal that Peary kept (secondary source)

• Matthew Henson told his story and and Inuit people took notes

• It didn't. This was actually notes a student took while reading the story.