Celebrating Benjamin Banneker

What does the phrase planted a seed most likely mean?

• A. to guess an idea

• B. to give sun and water

• C. to improve farm crops

• D. to begin something that will grow

The author wrote the passage as a newspaper story.

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the passage this way?

• A. to include the date to celebrate

• B. to show that this story was important and true

• C. to tell an interesting story rather than write about the facts.

• D. to report what she learned from people who knew Banneker

Question 3 Part A

Click on the sentence that best explains Banneker's education.

• A. His grandmother taught him how to read.

• B. When Banneker was fifteen he stopped going to school.

• C. Banneker did not let the problems he encountered hold him back.

• D. Even though he did not have much schooling, he worked hard all his life to learn on is own.

Question 3 Part B

Click on the sentence from the text that best shows your answer in part A.

• A. There, he learned math and writing.

• B. Finally, he put the watch back together so that it worked again.

• C. Using what he leared, Banneker made a clock out of wood.

• D. It became famous for being the first clock made in the New World.

Read the sentence from the passage.

From the time he was young, Banneker soaked up knowledge like sponge.

Why did the author use the phrase soaked up knowledge like a sponge to describe Banneker?

Pick three choices.

• B, C, and F

• A, B, and C

• A, C, and E

• B, C, and E

Question 5 Part A

Which sentence best describes the author's main message in the passage?

• A. Banneker did not let obstacles stand in the way of sucess.

• B. African Americans had a difficult time when Banneker was growing up.

• C. Banneker was very smart even though he didn't spend much time in school.

• D. Banneker was a scientist who helped farmers, built a click, and helped build the Capitol.

Which two sentences from the passage best support your answer in part A?

• C and E

• B and C

• A and B

• C and D