Section 5 Study Guide

According to the Blood on the River, how does the setting influence Samuel?

• The setting makes Samuel feel nourished and content.

• The setting brings Samuel closer to the other characters.

• The setting makes Samuel distrust the Powhatans’ gifts of water.

• The setting makes Samuel unsure about the colonists’ ability to grow crops to feed themselves.

Which quotation from the Blood on the River best supports the answer to Part A?

• “We hang an old sail between four trees as an awning to protect us from sun and rain . . . .”

• “Reverend Hunt calls us together for prayer, to thank the Almighty for all that we have, and to ask for protection.”

• “It still has not rained, and our wheat fields and gardens are wilting.”

• “. . . I spend the afternoon bringing buckets of water from the river to dump on the tiny new shoots.”

Which word best describe the statement by Samuel?

"The next morning Captain Smith does not bring me back a musket. He brings me a book."

• Fear

• Support

• Neglect

Which word best describe the statement by Samuel?

"Still, when the weapons and armor were being issued, by the time they got to the last of the laborers and servants, they ran out. Some of us have no protection at all.”

• Fear

• Support

• Neglect

Which word best describe the statement by Samuel?

“‘When the great Chief Powhatan wants to conquer a new tribe, the warriors get the job done very quickly.’”

• Fear

• Support

• Neglect

Which evidence supports that Characters influence Samuel more than setting does? Choose 3 answers

•  Establishing a new colony and making it secure is a never-ending process of hard work, and most of the work falls on Samuel and the other working class men.

• Samuel feels extremely guilty about the death of James and he carries that guilt with him.

• Samuel spends a lot of time thinking about his negative relationship with the other servant boys and how to fix it.

• Samuel depends on Captain Smith for advice and seeks his approval like a father.

• from the nearby river, which makes his exhaustion even worse.

Which evidence supports that SETTING influence Samuel more than characters do?

• Establishing a new colony and making it secure is a never-ending process of hard work, and most of the work falls on Samuel and the other working class men.

• Samuel spends a lot of time thinking about his negative relationship with the other servant boys and how to fix it.

• The colonists are without basic needs like clean water, so Samuel has to settle for salty water

• from the nearby river, which makes his exhaustion even worse.

• Samuel feels extremely guilty about the death of James and he carries that guilt with him.

3. What is the author’s purpose for writing this excerpt?

4. “The fifteenth of June we had built and finished our Fort, which was trianglewise, having three Bulwarks, at every corner, like a half Moon, and four or five pieces of Artillery mounted in them. We had made ourselves sufficiently strong for these Savages. We had also sown most of our Corn on two Mountains [slight elevations]. It sprang a man’s height from the ground. This Country is a fruitful soil, bearing many goodly and fruitful Trees, as Mulberries, Cherries, Walnuts, Cedars, Cypress, Sassafras, and Vines in great abundance.”

• to contrast the lives of the colonists with their previous lives in England

• to foreshadow how difficult the colonists’ lives will be

•  to classify the different types of food and trees that exist in the New World

• to express confidence that the colonists will have a prosperous future

What are two phrases that support the purpose from the excerpt? Choose two answers.

“The fifteenth of June we had built and finished our Fort, which was trianglewise, having three Bulwarks, at every corner, like a half Moon, and four or five pieces of Artillery mounted in them. We had made ourselves sufficiently strong for these Savages. We had also sown most of our Corn on two Mountains [slight elevations]. It sprang a man’s height from the ground. This Country is a fruitful soil, bearing many goodly and fruitful Trees, as Mulberries, Cherries, Walnuts, Cedars, Cypress, Sassafras, and Vines in great abundance.”

•  pieces of artillery

• godly and fruitful

• sufficiently strong

• great abundance

CHOOSE THE QUOTE THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE FOLLOWING: “Captain Smith translates for our leaders. Our visitors say that within the Powhatan empire, there are tribes who are our friends, and some who are our enemies. . . Those who are our friends will intercede for us with our enemies.” from Blood on the River

• “Hudgins made another, less common discovery as he continued to pedestal JR1225B’s bones. Alongside the left femur—the upper leg bone—lay a white triangular arrowhead, its point almost touching the bone.” from Written in Bone

• “Captain Newport being gone for England, leaving us (one hundred and four persons) very bare and scanty of victuals, furthermore in wars and in danger of the Savages, we hoped after a supply which Captain Newport promised within twenty weeks.” from “June-July 1607”

• “The seven and twentieth of July, the King of Rappahanna demanded a Canoe, which was restored, lifted up his hand to the Sun (which they worship as their God), besides he laid his hand on his heart, that he would be our special friend.” from “June-July 1607”