Blood on the River Test Review ch 1-16

Why does Samuel get sent to an orphanage to live?

• He choose to live in a poorhouse.

• His parents abandoned him.

• He was caught stealing an d living on the streets.

• Reverend Hunt invited him to live there.

Why is Samuel going on the journey to the New World?

• He volunteered to go.

• He was too violent living in the orphanage.

• He knows how to read.

• Captain Smith felt he'd be a hard worker.

Why is Captain Smith angry there are so many gentlemen aboard their ships?

• He thinks they will still all the gold in the New World.

• He doesn't like how they treat Samuel.

• He wants everyone to work equally.

• He does like how they treat him.

Why does Master Wingfield want to get revenge on Captain Smith?

• He thinks he stole his food.

• Captain Smith punched him.

• Captain Smith called him a coward.

• Captain Smith was made the leader.

How did Samuel’s peasant mother learn to read?

• She learned from Reverend Hunt.

• Her parents taught her.

• Her husband taught her.

• A gentleman's son taught her.

Why was Captain Smith freed from the chains?

• They need him to translate with the native people.

• He proved Master Wingfield was lying.

• Both A and D are correct.

• The Virginia Company named him as one of the leaders.

Why does Captain Smith encourage trade with the native people instead of war?

• He is afraid of the native people.

• He wants to trick them.

• They are outnumbered.

• He thinks he can learn from them.

How does Samuel extend kindness to James?

• He shares his food with him.

• He doesn’t mock him when he has a dumb idea.

• He helps him build a shelter.

• He says good things to Captain Smith about him.

We must build a palisade to protect the settlement. Palisade means...

• Rushing downpour of rain.

• A wax made fro m the fatty tissue of animals.

• Clear and transparent.

• A fence of used as an enclosure for protection or defense.

I escaped the gallows - that is why I am lucky. Gallows means...

• Barren and uninhabited.

• Large and sturdy.

• A wooden platform that is used to execute by hanging.

• Attach and anchor.