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Title: __I, Matthew Henson Polar Explorer__ Author: Carole Boston Weatherford Genre: Biography

1. What is the author's purpose for writing this book? a. The author's purpose is to inform. b. The author's purpose is to let readers know that Matthew Henson did not give up on his dream of exploring the seven sea's. 2. Who is the subject? a. The subject is Matthew Henson. 3. What is the tense of the writing? a. Past-tense 4. How are the events organized? a. The events are organized in chronological order starting when he was thirteen. 5. What place(s) influenced the subject's life? Why? a. The North Pole because he was the first black man to reach the polar ice cap. b. Baltimore's harbor because the boat's. c. Arctic 6. What event(s) influenced the subject? Why a. ﻿Getting to the ice cap influenced him because he has always wanted to go on an adventure there. b. c. 7. What person(s) influenced the subject's life? Why? a. Peary influenced Matthew because he picked Matthew to go to the North Pole. b. c.  8. How did the subject make a difference in the world? a. The subject made a difference in the world by traveling to the polar ice cap in the North Pole and being the first black man to do it. b. c.  9. Why would you recommend this book to others? a. b.  c.