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Phillis Wheatley

Authored by Travis Renfrow

Social Studies

4th - 5th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following reasons

supports the idea that Phillis Wheatley

was better off than many enslaved

people?

Enslaved people in the North

were usually treated better than

those in the South.

The law against teaching

enslaved people was a black

code.

The law against teaching

enslaved people was a black

code.

Her last name was Wheatley

because they owned her.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which statement is false?

Enslaved people were never sold

in the northern colonies.

In some colonies, enslaved

people were allowed in white

people’s churches.

Educating enslaved people in the

South was against the law.

Enslaved people were called

property.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was unusual about Wheatley’s

life with her owners?

She had to live in the barn.

She learned to read and write.

She was a servant to the owner’s

wife.

She tried to run away from her

owners.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is evidence

of the turmoil Wheatley encountered

when she returned from England?

Enslaved people could be freed

in a couple of different ways.

Wheatley enjoyed her visit to


England.

Patriots boarded a British ship

and threw tea into the harbor.

She tried to sell her book in the


colonies.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why was it difficult for Wheatley to

find a publisher for her poems?

Publishers didn’t believe that an

enslaved person wrote them.

Publishers were afraid they

would lose money on her book

of poems.

People did not enjoy reading her poems.

both A and B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Wheatley’s first name comes from

_____.

her home country

her owner’s mother

the ship that brought her to America

the captain who sold her

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