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History on Wheels - Colonial Covers

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sheep produce wool fiber. What kind of fiber is produced from flax?

a)

linen

b)

satin

c)

cotton

d)

polyester

2.
What is the process called where fibers are twisted into thread?
a)
twisting
b)
spinning
c)
sewing
d)
weaving
3.

The spinning wheel used to spin wool into thread is called ____________

a)

a walking wheel

b)

a spinster's wheel

c)

a wool wheel

d)

both a walking wheel and a wool wheel

4.
What sound will the weasel make when someone has wound a skein?
a)
squeak
b)
whoosh
c)
peep
d)
pop
5.
Straightening and smoothing flax fibers to make it look like hair is called
a)
brushing
b)
scutching
c)
hatchelling 
d)
combing
6.
Cutting wool from the sheep is called _________________.
a)
shaving
b)
shearing
c)
scutching
d)
combing
7.

How is flax softened enough to begin making it into thread?

a)

retting

b)

carding

c)

hatchelling

d)

scuthing

8.
Straightening and smoothing wool is called ____________.
a)
combing
b)
brushing
c)
carding 
d)
hatchelling
9.

Retting means to

a)

soak flax in water

b)

wash sheared wool

c)

hatchel wool

d)

hatchel flax

10.
In a double weave pattern ________________.
a)
the colors are reversed.
b)
it changes from dark to light colors.
c)
it is small on one side and large on the other.
d)
it is always blue or brown on one side.
11.
Jaquard invented ________________.
a)
the double weave loom.
b)
the flax wheel for spinning.
c)
a book that blind people could read.
d)
a loom that could weave complex patterns.
12.
A  "Friendship" quilt __________________.
a)
has patterns made by many people.
b)
usually has the maker's initials stitched somewhere in the quilt.
c)
has been popular as a wedding gift.
d)
All of the above.
13.
What is the name of the quilt you made as part of the fourth grade project?
a)
A Friendship Quilt
b)
A Sawtooth Quilt
c)
A Tumbling Blocks Quilt
d)
A Crazy Quilt
14.
In weaving, what are the threads that go right to left called?
a)
west
b)
port
c)
starboard
d)
weft
15.
Putting three diamonds together produces what geometric shape?
a)
a square
b)
a cube
c)
a hexagon
d)
a triangle
16.
What is true about a "crazy quilt"?
a)
No one in their right mind would own one.
b)
It has no pattern.
c)
They cannot be spotted in the real world. 
d)
Only one color is used to make them.
17.
The name of the quilt that had a large star in the center which is part of the Christmas story is called _______________.
a)
the North Star.
b)
the Christmas Star.
c)
the Star of Bethlehem.
d)
the Star of the Three Wise Men.
18.
What was the name of the quilt that had three sailboats in it to honor an explorer?
a)
Columbus
b)
Verrazano
c)
Cartier
d)
Hudson
19.
Several people working together sewing a quilt is called _____________________.
a)
quilters
b)
a quilting team
c)
quilt sewers
d)
a quilting bee
20.
Part of a carpenter's tool is used to describe one kind of quilt. What is it called?
a)
a sawtooth quilt
b)
a hammer quilt
c)
a nail quilt
d)
a wrench quilt
21.
To get the wheel to turn in the small spinning wheel that you sit down to work at, you __________.
a)
turn the wheel by hand.
b)
pump a foot pedal
c)
walk back and forth
d)
turn a handle
22.

Rachel Louw's chore was to wind thread into "skeins." The tool she used was called a ___________________.

a)

skein winder

b)

spinning wheel

c)

weasel

d)

loom

23.
Threads were woven into cloth on a machine called a _______________.
a)
loom
b)
weasel
c)
weaver
d)
spinning wheel
24.
When you finished winding a 70-yard skein, the rhyme said, "__________!"
a)
Stop
b)
The monkey chased the weasel
c)
Pop  goes the weasel
d)
Done, Hon
25.
What was the secret, three-letter word on the word find you were doing while waiting to glue your pieces on the quilt?
a)
HOW
b)
WHY
c)
POP
d)
ROT
26.
What is the name of the Bible quilt where animals are standing two by two?
a)
Noah's Ark
b)
Save the Animals
c)
Noah's Zoo
d)
Animal Farm
27.
What was the name of the quilt that looked like a sports field behind a school house?
a)
the baseball team
b)
the central diamond
c)
the baseball field
d)
the school yard
28.

Why is a wool wheel sometimes called a walking wheel?

a)

The spinner gets the wheel to tur by pumping their feet on a tread mill.

b)

The spinner walks behind the wheel to catch the thread.

c)

The spinner walks back and forth to stay awake.

d)

The spinner walks back and forth between the bobbin and the back end of the wheel.

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