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WorksheetsA Narrative of the Captivity
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
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1.
When Mary sits with her baby, her captors --
a)
tell her that her master will hit the child in the head
b)
give her comfort
c)
show her herbal remedies to take care of the child
d)
sing chants to her
2.
At the beginning of the narrative, Mary Rowlandson is --
a)
very ill
b)
wounded
c)
full of energy
d)
frightened
3.
In this selection, Mary Rowlandson's main intention is to --
a)
write a bestseller
b)
analyze another culture
c)
arouse hatred toward the Wampanoag
d)
show how her experience revealed God's purpose
4.
The group that captures Rowlandson is forced to keep moving because...
a)
colonists are chasing them
b)
need for food
c)
treaty with the colonists
d)
religious practices
5.
The best description of Rowlandson's attitude toward her children might be that she --
a)
misses them but believes that it builds character to live separately
b)
treats them as if they were adults capable of taking care of themselves
c)
cares passionately about them and feels bad about being apart from them
d)
sternly disapproves of their weeping when she sees them
6.
Rowlandson primarily draws strength from --
a)
her desire to return and tell her story to the Puritans
b)
her belief in God's ultimate plan
c)
the medicine that a sympathetic woman gives her
d)
her desire to avenge the death of her child
7.
Rowlandson receives food from several members of the tribe in exchange for --
a)
cooking
b)
washing clothes
c)
sewing
d)
gathering firewood
8.
Mary Rowlandson writes "There was a squaw who spoke to me to make a shirt for her sannup." Her use of this Indian word for her husband tells us that she --
a)
has connected with some aspects of American Indian culture
b)
is being ironic about her captors' habits
c)
is not yet comfortable with her captor's ways
d)
must be an expert in foreign languages
9.
When Mary Rowlandson writes, "the Lord would gather us together, and turn all those curses upon our enemies," the style of her language is most likely inspired by --
a)
the Bible
b)
an almanac
c)
Indian dialect
d)
novels
10.
From his plunder (objects taken from others during the war), an Indian gives Mary Rowlandson an item that she sees as evidence of "God's mercy." That item is a --
a)
sewing machine
b)
Bible
c)
book of poetry
d)
small knife
11.
Which of the following events occurs in the narrative?
a)
Mary Rowlandson's master leads her to her son.
b)
Mary Rowlandson's child dies.
c)
Mary Rowlandson eats bear meat and ground nuts with a kind Indian
d)
Mary Rowlandson helps carry an American Indian on a bier.
12.
Which of the following events occurs first in the narrative?
a)
Mary Rowlandson is reunited with her daughter.
b)
Mary Rowlandson learns to eat bear meat.
c)
Mary Rowlandson cares for her sick baby.
d)
One of the American Indians gives Mary Rowlandson a Bible.
13.
Why were she and her children captured?
a)
The Indians wanted to increase their tribe
b)
The Indians wanted to torture them
c)
The Indians wanted to learn about her faith in God
d)
The Indians wanted to trade them for money or supplies
14.
What was one unintended consequence of popular "captivity narratives?"
a)
Indians made alliances with the French and started the American Revolution
b)
Settlers stopped colonizing
c)
Mary Rowlandson became rich
d)
Relations between settlers and Indians deteriorated
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