Phillis Wheatley

When was Phillis Wheatley born?

• 1753

• 1777

• 1776

• 1981

When was she taken from her family?

• at the age of 5

• at the age of 10

• at the age of 9

• at the age of 8

How did she get to America?

• On a plane

• On a slave ship

• On the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria

• On the Mayflower

Where was she sold as a slave?

• Virginia

• Boston

• Houston

• Plymouth

Who bought Phillis Wheatley?

• John Wheatley and his wife

• Thomas Jefferson and his wife

• John Willis and his wife

• John Mayor and his wife

What did Phillis Wheatley learn from the Wheatleys?

• Spanish, Japanese, math, and science

• To read and write. History, Latin, and Greek.

• To read and write. English, Spanish, and how to count.

• To read and write. History and English

When she was a teenager, what did she begin to do?

• write stories

• write poems

• write novels

• write an autobiography

When did she publish her first poem?

• 1761

• 1762

• 1765

• 1767

What is the name of her book that was Published in 1773?

• The Life and Times of Phillis Wheatley

• Religious Poems

• Poems about Love

• Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

How did her live end?

• She kept writing but did not sell many books. She died penniless in 1784 and fell out of touch with her friends.

• She died wealthy in England in 1784.