The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Which of the following is the main idea?

• The mystery of the Roanoke colony is one that has puzzled historians for many years.

• One theory of the colonists' disappearance is that they moved west, seeking better farmland.

• The people of the Roanoke colony simply vanished, leaving history with a fascinating mystery.

• Spiders are yummy, but not as good as fried rats.

Virginia Dare was John White's

• daughter.

• granddaughter.

• wife.

• crazy aunt.

As White approached Roanoke, he

• sang folk songs.

• beat on a drum.

• shot his gun in the air.

• sang Thunderstruck, by ACDC.

The word found carved into a fence post was

• CHESAPEAKE.

• HATTERAS.

• SCHNEKE.

• CROATOAN.

If the colonists were in trouble, they agreed to carve this on a tree by their destination's name:

• a skull and crossbones.

• SOS.

• a cross.

• an ax.

The captain of White's ship refused to sail to Croatoan Island because he

• was worried about food and supplies.

• wasn't sure where Croatoan Island was.

• wanted to go home and feed his pet hamster.

• wanted to get right back to England.

Early American colonies were usually nervous about enemy attacks.

• True

• False

Whoever carved CRO into a tree stopped because he or she didn't know how to spell the word.

• True

• False

He was looking forward to a happy reunion with the colonists.

• a separation from

• rejoining with

• dinner with

• hamster roast

He belted out one old folk song after another as they walked toward the settlement.

• remembered

• sang loudly

• sang softly

• rapped to the dune of Mary had a Little Lamb