Written in Bone Section 6 Quiz

What is Samuel’s point of view about the Native Americans?

• Samuel is more interested in taking care of the colony’s needs, like farming and building houses, than making friends with the Native Americans.

• Samuel believes that a relationship with the Native Americans is helpful because it makes the colonists stronger.

• Samuel wants to have a closer relationship with the Native Americans in order to convert them to Christianity.

• Samuel stays away from the Native Americans after James’s death.

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Which quotation illustrates that Samuel believes that a relationship with the Native Americans is helpful because it makes the colonists stronger?

• “We are standing on many legs now, together with the Powhatans. I think of the centipedes that used to crawl over my bed last summer, and think we are like them, with so many legs. A centipede does not topple in a storm.”

• "I will tell him the good news of Christ, and he will bring that message to his people.’’

• “He decides he wants a large house in the woods - a house befitting a president - and that the lot of us hot, itchy, feverish men and boys will build it for him.”

• “Suddenly, shrieking and howling erupt from the forest- the same battle cries I heard the night James was killed!"

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What is one effect of the gentlemen’s negative opinion of Captain Smith?

• The gentlemen give Captain Smith to the Native Americans as an offering, and Smith gets adopted into the Powhatan tribe.

• The gentlemen try to punish Captain Smith by making him work alongside the laborers.

• The gentlemen do not take Captain Smith’s advice, so they disrespect the Powhatan leader.

• The gentlemen separate Samuel from Captain Smith to make Smith’s life more difficult and to help Samuel avoid bad influences.

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In the poem "Indian" by Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet, what is the speaker’s point of view about Native Americans?

• Native Americans were overconfident and relied on their reputation with other tribes to protect them from conflict.

• Native Americans acted courageously when killing the colonists because the colonists took away land and changed Native Americans’ way of life.

• Native Americans were innocent victims. The colonists’ arrival in America brought hardship and conflict.

• Native Americans did not prepare well enough for the arrival of the colonists. They should not have been surprised by the violence.

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Which quotation from the poem "Indian" by Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet supports that they believe Native Americans were innocent victims?

• “He wonders who on earth they are / And why on earth they've come.”

• “And his tribe is the mighty tribe / That all the others fear”

• “Then he will scalp and he will shoot / And he will burn and slay”

• “The Indians were here.”

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How is Pocahontas portrayed in the poem “Pocahontas” by William Makepeace Thackeray?

• Pocahontas is portrayed as a foolish woman for falling in love with an Englishman.

• Pocahontas is portrayed as a brave heroine who saves the Englishman just in time.

• Pocahontas is portrayed as a determined warrior who continues to fight even though she has been captured.

• Pocahontas is portrayed as savage and uncivilized for capturing a colonist and tying him up.

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Which two phrases support that in the poem "Pocahontas" by William Makepeace Thackeray Pocahontas is portrayed as a brave heroine?

• “Saved the captive”

• “torch of death”

• “fiendish cry”

• “dauntlessly aside”

• “to his heart she clings”

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Which of the following is the point of view of Written in Bone by Sally M. Walker?

• Bones and artifacts have stories to tell, which means that they can reveal important information about people who died long ago.

• The colonists should have tried to learn from the long-held customs and deep knowledge of the Native Americans.

• There were too many deaths during the first years of the Jamestown colony.

• The Native Americans were savages who were determined to hurt and kill the colonists.

• People must remember that the Native Americans lived in America long before the colonists arrived.

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Which of the following is the point of view of Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone?

• Bones and artifacts have stories to tell, which means that they can reveal important information about people who died long ago.

• The colonists should have tried to learn from the long-held customs and deep knowledge of the Native Americans.

• There were too many deaths during the first years of the Jamestown colony.

• The Native Americans were savages who were determined to hurt and kill the colonists.

• People must remember that the Native Americans lived in America long before the colonists arrived.

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Which of the following is the point of view of "Jamestown: 1607, The First Months . . ." by Master George Percy?

• Bones and artifacts have stories to tell, which means that they can reveal important information about people who died long ago.

• The colonists should have tried to learn from the long-held customs and deep knowledge of the Native Americans.

• There were too many deaths during the first years of the Jamestown colony.

• The Native Americans were savages who were determined to hurt and kill the colonists.

• People must remember that the Native Americans lived in America long before the colonists arrived.

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