Thank you, Benjamin Banneker!

Thank you, Benjamin Banneker!

By Mary Gopon

Multiple Choice

1. To educate her son, Banneker's mother

• taught him what she knew at home.

• found a white teacher who would let Benjamin into his class.

• sent him to France, where black children could go to school.

• hired a black teacher to come to their home.

Multiple Choice

2. When Banneker found mistakes in a book about the stars, he

• borrowed a telescope from a friend.

• wrote a letter to the author to tell him to fix the mistakes.

• learned the math necessary to correct the mistakes.

• asked his friend Charles L'Enfant to rewrite the book.

Multiple Choice

3. What problem did Charles L'Enfant cause the country's leaders?

• He made too many mistakes in his plans.

• He lost the plans.

• He refused to draw the plans.

• He left town and took the plans with him.

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4. How did Banneker solve the problem L'Enfant caused?

• He drew L'Enfant's plans for Washington from memory.

• He made a new design for the city.

• He fixed all the mistakes L'Enfant made in his plans.

• He found the lost plans.

Multiple Choice

5. Which did Benjamin Banneker not do?

• attended school when it was unheard of for black children to do so

• built a clock that chimed

• learned about the movements of stars

• built the White House

Multiple Choice

6. Our nation's capital is in Washington, D.C. What does the word capital mean in this sentence?

• letter

• government

• money

• fort

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7. She persuaded a teacher to help Benjamin. What does the word persuaded mean in this sentence?

• studied

• believed

• convinced

• fixed

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8. The clock chimed every hour on the hour. What does the word chimed mean in this sentence?

• become famous

• built

• taught

• rang a bell

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9. Banneker learned the math needed to correct mistakes. What does the word correct mean in this sentence?

• fix or repair

• make beautiful

• speed up

• find

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10. Charles L'Enfant had been hired to plan the city. What does the word hired mean in this sentence?

• given a paying job

• mistaken

• angered

• tired