Blood on the River Review #2

What is Samuel’s point of view about the Native Americans?

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  Samuel is more interested in taking care of the colony’s needs, like farming and building houses, than making friends with the Native Americans.

• Samuel believes that a relationship with the Native Americans is helpful because it makes the colonists stronger.

• Samuel wants to have a closer relationship with the Native Americans in order to convert them to Christianity.

• Samuel stays away from the Native Americans after James’s death.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which quotation best supports Samuel's point of view of the Native Americas?

• “We are standing on many legs now, together with the Powhatans. I think of the centipedes that used to crawl over my bed last summer, and think we are like them, with so many legs. A centipede does not topple in a storm.”

• "I will tell him the good news of Christ, and he will bring that message to his people.’’

• “He decides he wants a large house in the woods — a house befitting a president — and that the lot of us hot, itchy, feverish men and boys will build it for him.”

• “Suddenly, shrieking and howling erupt from the forest—the same battle cries I heard the night James was killed!"

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

How have Samuel's feelings towards the natives changed since he first landed in Jamestown?

• His feelings have not changed; he is still fearful of the natives.

• At first, he felt the English were much smarter; now he knows the natives now more.

• He is afraid of them before , but now he knows they are harmless.

• At first, he thought they should all be killed; later he sees good things about their way of life, and some have become his friends. 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What items would Captain Smith NOT trade to the natives?

• copper

• glass beads

• weapons

• hatchets

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What do the gentlemen plan to do with the ship?

• They plan to store the food in the ship. 

• They plan to sail up the Chesapeake River to look for a more suitable settlement.

• They plan to sail it back to the Caribbean island where the natives were friendlier.

• They plan to take most of the food and return to England, leaving the others behind to starve.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

When Captain Smith becomes the new president, what rule does he decree?

• Everyone will be treated equally; no more "gentlemen" and "commoners."

• Everyone must work, or he will not eat.

• Everyone must take turns cooking the food.

• Everyone must take turns doing the same jobs.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What made Smith a good choice to be the new president? Select TWO answers. 

• He understand how to get the natives to do whatever he wants.

• He knows how to survive in Virginia.

• He is the best hunter they have and can keep them supplied with food.

• He is fair, cares about everyone, and is willing to work.

• He loves giving orders.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Why is John Smith angry about the plan to make Powhatan an English subject?

• Smith does not think the natives are good enough to be treated like they're English.

• Smith is angry that he did not think of the idea himself.

• Smith is angry that King James wants to reward the natives after they have killed some of the English colonists.

• Smith thinks it will anger Powhattan and bring an end to the peach they have enjoyed with his people. 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is one effect of the gentlemen’s negative opinion of Captain Smith?

• The gentlemen give Captain Smith to the Native Americans as an offering, and Smith gets adopted into the Powhatan tribe.

• The gentlemen try to punish Captain Smith by making him work alongside the laborers.

• The gentlemen do not take Captain Smith’s advice, so they disrespect the Powhatan leader.

• The gentlemen separate Samuel from Captain Smith to make Smith’s life more difficult and to help Samuel avoid bad influences.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What effect did the English trying to give Powhatan a crown and making him an English subject have on the colonists at Jamestown?

• He told all the tribes not not to trade with the English, so the colonists could not get food from the natives. 

• He sent warriors to attack Jamestown, and several colonists were killed.

• He poisoned their food, causing the death of all the colonists.

• He poisoned their water supply, causing the death of all the colonists.

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3