Written in Bone Section 5 Quiz

Read the excerpt and then answer the questions that follow.

“In James Town we continue to work. We build a chapel for Reverend Hunt. We hand an old sail between four trees as an awning to protect us from sun and rain, and nail a bar between two trees for the pulpit. The walls are rails of wood that let the sunlight right in, and logs on the ground are our pews. Reverend Hunt calls us together for prayer, to thank the Almighty for all that we have, and to ask for protection.

It still has not rained, and our wheat fields and gardens are wilting. We have found no freshwater springs nearby, and so we are still dependent on the river for water. Richard, James, and I spend the afternoon bringing buckets of water from the river to dump on the tiny new shoots. When I take a drink, I find it is still salty, and I wonder if we are killing the young plants rather than saving them.”

According to the excerpt, how does the setting influence Samuel?

• The setting makes Samuel feel nourished and content.

• The setting brings Samuel closer to the other characters.

• The setting makes Samuel distrust the Powhatans’ gifts of water.

• The setting makes Samuel unsure about the colonists’ ability to grow crops to feed themselves.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Choose the effect the following quotation has on Samuel:

"The next morning, Captain Smith does not bring me a musket. He brings me a book."

• Fear

• Support

• Neglect

• Anger

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Choose the effect the following quotation has on Samuel:

"When the great Chief Powhatan wants to conquer a new tribe, the warriors get the job done very quickly."

• Fear

• Support

• Neglect

• Anger

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the effect the following quotation has on Samuel:

"Still, when the weapons and armor were being issued, by the time they got to the last of the laborers and servants, they ran out. Some of us have no protection at all."

• Fear

• Support

• Negelct

• Anger

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.

“The fifteenth of June we had built and finished our Fort, which was trianglewise, having three Bulwarks, at every corner, like a half Moon, and four or five pieces of Artillery mounted in them. We had made ourselves sufficiently strong for these Savages. We had also sown most of our Corn on two Mountains [slight elevations]. It sprang a man’s height from the ground. This Country is a fruitful soil, bearing many goodly and fruitful Trees, as Mulberries, Cherries, Walnuts, Cedars, Cypress, Sassafras, and Vines in great abundance.”

What is the author’s purpose for writing this excerpt?

• to foreshadow how difficult the colonists’ lives will be

• to classify the different types of food and trees that exist in the New World

• to express confidence that the colonists will have a prosperous future

• to contrast the lives of the colonists with their previous lives in England

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

Think about how both the setting and the characters influence Samuel in Blood on the River.

Read the following reason and choose whether Sam is being influenced by the characters or by the setting.

"Establishing a new colony and making it secure is never-ending hard work, and most of the work falls on Samuel and the other working class men"

• Character

• Setting

• Neither

• Do not choose this option

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Think about how both the setting and the characters influence Samuel in Blood on the River.

Read the following reason and choose whether Sam is being influenced by the characters or by the setting.

"Samuel and the other colonists do not feel safe in their home because of the possibility of the attack by the Native people."

• Setting

• Character

• Neither

• Don't pick this

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Think about how both the setting and the characters influence Samuel in Blood on the River.

Read the following reason and choose whether Sam is being influenced by the characters or by the setting.

"Samuel spends a lot of time thinking about his negative relationship with the other servant boys and how to fix it."

• Setting

• Character

• None

• Neither

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Think about how both the setting and the characters influence Samuel in Blood on the River.

Read the following reason and choose whether Sam is being influenced by the characters or by the setting.

"The colonists are without basic needs like clean water, so Samuel has to settle for salty water, which makes his exhaustion worse."

• Setting

• Characters

• None

• Nope

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Think about how both the setting and the characters influence Samuel in Blood on the River.

Read the following reason and choose whether Sam is being influenced by the characters or by the setting.

"Sam feels guilty about the death of James and carries the guilt with him."

• Character

• Setting

• neither

• Stop

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3