Blood on the River Chapters 5-8

What do the gentlemen keep wanting to do while on board the ship?

• Kill all the commoners

• Take the ship back to England

• Mutiny and stay in the Caribbean

• Throw Samuel overboard

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Captain Smith communicate with the natives?

• he speaks their language

• hand gestures

• English

• writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why don't the colonists stop in Florida?

• Because they're in a hurry

• Because King James doesn't want them to

• Because it belongs to the Spanish

• Because there is a storm

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

What happens to the path cutters on Guadeloupe?

• They are stung by a swarm of insects

• Natives attack them

• They are taken prisoner

• The touch poisonous sap

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Samuel said his "throat feels dry as sand". What type of figurative language is that?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

Who taught Samuel to read?

• Reverend Hunt

• Captain Smith

• His mother

• He can't read

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the real name of the "large pinecone with spikey leaves"?

• jackfruit

• caterpillar

• mango

• pineapple

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

"These islands are strung together much like beads on a necklace," is a simile meaning...?

• The islands are close together

• The islands are beautiful

• The islands are circular in shape

• Everyone on the islands wear jewelry

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When Samuel steps foot on the island, how long had it been since he'd been on land?

• 6 months

• 3 weeks

• 7 weeks

• 3 months

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

How do the boys clean the pots?

• soap and water

• a rag

• with sand

• dirt

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3