Phillis Wheatley
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5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 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.
A wealthy Boston man named John Wheatley bought Phillis.
Her last name was Wheatley because they owned her
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 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
30 sec • 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
30 sec • 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
30 sec • 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
30 sec • 1 pt
Wheatley’s first name comes from _____.
her home countryher home country
her owner’s mother
the ship that brought her to America
the captain who sold her
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