Phillis

According to the passage, why does Phillis care so much about passing her test?

• She wants to publish a book.

• She wants to return to her family in Africa.

• She wants to get a job that pays more money.

• She wants to thank the Wheatley twins for teaching her.

What was the outcome of Phillis’s examination?

• Phillis was allowed to recite her poetry at the public hall.

• Phillis lost the rights to her poems and never published her book.

• Susanna Wheatley’s friends asked Phillis to read more of her poems.

• Eighteen men signed a document stating that Phillis wrote her poems.

Which sentence best summarizes the passage?

• Phillis recites her poetry at the public hall.

• Phillis works hard to prepare for her examination.

• Phillis reads many books to get ideas for her poetry.

• Phillis becomes close friends with Nathaniel and Mary.

What was the outcome of Phillis’s examination?

• Phillis was allowed to recite her poetry at the public hall.

• Phillis lost the rights to her poems and never published her book.

• Susanna Wheatley’s friends asked Phillis to read more of her poems.

• Eighteen men signed a document stating that Phillis wrote her poems.

Get out your HMH myBook2 textbook. Reread "Phillis's Big Test" on pages 57-68 and then answer each question. Be sure to keep your book out and use it to help you answer each question.

• Yes, I have reread the story, and I am ready to take my quiz

• No. I have not reread the story, and I may not do well on my quiz

Why did Phillis begin writing poetry?

• She had to teach the Wheatleys’ twins.

• She needed to earn extra money.

• She was inspired by reading it.

• She was bored with Latin.

The passage states that reading books helped Phillis learn and memorize the names of important people, places, and events. What does the word memorize mean as it is used in the passage?

• repeat

• review

• rehearse

• remember

According to the passage, why does Phillis care so much about passing her test?

• She wants to publish a book.

• She wants to return to her family in Africa.

• She wants to get a job that pays more money.

• She wants to thank the Wheatley twins for teaching her.

Read “Phillis’s Big Test” and answer each question. Which sentence best summarizes the passage?

• Phillis recites her poetry at the public hall.

• Phillis works hard to prepare for her examination.

• Phillis reads many books to get ideas for her poetry.

• Phillis becomes close friends with Nathaniel and Mary.

was she aloud to have education inside slavery? and what did she learn

• Early life. At the age of 14, she wrote her first poem, "To the University of Cambridge, in New England.". Recognizing her literary ability, the Wheatley family supported Phillis's education and left the household labor to their other domestic slaves. The Wheatleys often showed off her abilities to friends and family.

• Phillis Wheatley. Her first name Phillis was derived from the ship that brought her to America, “the Phillis.” The Wheatley family educated her and within sixteen months of her arrival in America she could read the Bible, Greek and Latin classics, and British literature. She also studied astronomy and geography.

• Born around 1753 in Gambia, Africa, Wheatley was captured by slave traders and brought to America in 1761. Upon arrival, she was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston, Massachusetts. The Wheatley family educated her and within sixteen months of her arrival in America she could read the Bible, Greek and Latin classics, and British literature

• December 5, 1784 Boston Massachusetts Phillis Wheatley, (born c. 1753, present-day Senegal?, West Africa—died December 5, 1784, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), the first black woman poet of note in the United States.