Mystery of Roanoke

Which best describes America as Robert saw it in 1587?

• A empty; unoccupied

• B busy; bustling

• C natural; beautiful

• D ruined; destroyed

2. Which phrase from the story supports the answer to question 1?

• A “Thick forests hummed with the sound of frogs.”

• B “They would build a cozy village, set up farms, and gather treasures . . .”

• C “At that time, millions of Native peoples were living across America . . .”

• D “Where there was once a bustling village, there was now only an empty clearing.”

3. Why did European leaders aim to set up colonies in the New World?

• A They wanted to help their people succeed.

• B It sounded like a beautiful place to live.

• C They wanted to profit from its natural treasures

• D They wanted to solve the mystery of Roanoke.

4. The map helps you better understand the article because it shows . . .

• A the tribes of Native peoples who lived in North America

• B where the Roanoke settlement was located

• C state boundaries as they were in 1587

• D how far Roanoke settlers traveled to reach America.

5. Having few allies meant the Roanoke settlers had . . .

• A many supplies.

• B many friends.

• C little violence

• D little support.

6. You can infer that when John White returned to Roanoke in 1590, he felt . . .

• A angry and bitter. . .

• B sad but unsurprised.

• C shocked and upset.

• D unable to go on.

7. Which conclusion can you draw from “The Mystery of Roanoke”?

• A. European leaders started colonies to help everyone involved.

• B European leaders did not realize Native peoples lived in America.

• C European settlers had a negative effect on Native peoples.

• D European settlers had little effect on Native peoples.

8. Which line from the story supports that Europeans had a negative effect on the Natives?

• A “But if you joined England’s colony, you could get at least 500 acres of land in America.”

• B “That land was not England’s to give—it already belonged to other people.”

• C “By 1733, there were 13 English colonies lined up along America’s east coast.”

• D “Within about 100 years of the Europeans’ arrival, as many as 90 percent of Native peoples in the Americas had died.”

What is the author's purpose?

• A. To persuade the reader to take a trip to Virginia

• B. to share some historical facts about a lost group of people

• C. describe what happened to the missing people of Roanoke

• D. to entertain the reader

In the section Haunting Clues, why does the author include three questions in the section's first paragraph?

• A. to tell the reader about three possible explanations for what happened to the Roanoke colonists?

• B. to confuse the reader about the lost colonists?

• C. to describe how the colonists vanished

• D. none of the above