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WorksheetsOnward Lesson 13 Journeys
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 4hrs 30mins
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.
normal
inviting
very cold
miserable
What does the word expanse mean in the sentence below? Astronomers 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 the garden.
concluded
doubted
misunderstood
overlooked
What does the word equivalent mean in the sentence below?
Jason said watching the boring movie was equivalent to watching paint dry.
worse than
harder than
the same as
different from
What does the idiom clear as a bell mean in the sentence below?
The teacher's message was clear as a bell: we have to hand in our group projects by Friday.
hard to understand
repeated over and over
able to be seen through
perfectly understandable
Which of the sentences below is an example of personification?
The day was sunny and clear.
The sun shone brightly this morning.
The sun greeted me with a warm smile.
The sun looked like a big yellow ball of fire.
What is the article mainly about?
the frigid weather of the Arctic
the first Americans to reach the North Pole
the dangers of traveling in freezing climates
To organize the article and develop the main idea, the author
explains effects first and then their causes.
describes each crewmember one at a time.
describes events in the order they happened.
tells the final outcome first and then the details.
The author calls the two-week trip to Cape Sheridan an ice-busting, gut-wrenching voyage. The connotation of this description is that the voyage was
a pleasant and familiar trip.
a boring and uneventful journey.
a solitary and rewarding experience.
an extremely difficult and distressing ordeal.
Read the sentence from the article.
By February 1909, the entire party was prepared to begin the march to the Pole.
What is the connotation of the word march in the sentence above?
calm and enjoyable stroll
fast-paced, competitive race
organized advance toward a goal
leisurely, relaxed walk to a destination
Based on the description of the trip, what is the most likely reason that the party had to use more than one person as a trail breaker?
Trail breakers become exhausted and need rest.
Most of the party did not want to do trail breaking.
Peary was never satisfied with the trail breakers' work.
There were too many people on the trip and they needed to split up.
Read this sentence from the article.
On April 5, Peary checked the position of the sun with his sextant.
What is the meaning of the word sextant in the sentence above?
the commander of the expedition
a thermometer for use in polar regions
an instrument that determines location
a person who is an expert in geography
What did Henson, Egingwah, and Seegloo do to ensure they had actually reached the North Pole?
The 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.
