WorksheetsELA - U3L14: James Forten
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote this story?
a)
Walter Dean Myers
b)
Steven Noble
c)
Walter Noble
d)
Noble Myers
2.
Who did James' father work for?
a)
Robert Bridges (a ship captain)
b)
Anthony Benezet (a Quaker)
c)
Robert Bridges (a sailmaker)
d)
Anthony Benezet (a farmer)
3.
In what city did James Forten grow up?
a)
Philadelphia
b)
Boston
c)
New York
d)
Jamestown
4.
How old was James when his father died?
a)
12
b)
8
c)
10
d)
7
5.
What ship did James' ship capture?
a)
The Active
b)
The Royal
c)
The Patten
d)
The Dues
6.
What did James do after the war?
a)
He became a cannon maker.
b)
He apprenticed with a ship's captain.
c)
He ran a small store.
d)
He apprenticed with the man his father had worked for.
7.
What kind of ship was the Jersey?
a)
A war ship
b)
A prison ship
c)
A merchant ship
d)
A space ship
8.
What were some of the prisoners sick with?
a)
The flu
b)
The plague
c)
Small pox
d)
Yellow fever
9.
Who is Beasley?
a)
The man his father worked for
b)
James Forten's stepfather
c)
Captain of the Amphyon
d)
The mayor of New York
10.
How did James and the captain's son become friends?
a)
Making up after a fight
b)
Playing marbles
c)
They knew each other before the war
d)
By reading the same book
11.
Who is James's Father?
a)
Robert Forten
b)
Timothy Forten
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Forten
12.
Who employed Thomas Forten?
a)
John Hancock
b)
Robert Bridges
c)
Molly Pitcher
d)
Thomas Jefferson
13.
How did African colonists gain respect from European colonists?
a)
education
b)
strength
c)
hard work
d)
style
14.
How did Thomas Forten die?
a)
Bear attack
b)
Mortally wounded in battle
c)
he fell while ship-building
d)
horseback riding
15.
What sight would never be forgotten by James?
a)
the sight of Africans in bondage
b)
The sight of soldiers marching.
c)
the sight of the open sea
d)
the sight of a sinking ship
16.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
actual
b)
ackual
c)
actuel
17.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
cruil
b)
cruel
c)
kruel
18.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
paytriet
b)
patriat
c)
patriot
19.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
diet
b)
diette
c)
dyet
20.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
muzeum
b)
museum
c)
musium
21.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
cazual
b)
kasuel
c)
casual
22.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
ruin
b)
rooin
c)
ruen
23.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
pionear
b)
pioneer
c)
pyoneer
24.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
tryal
b)
triel
c)
trial
25.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
Visual
b)
Vizuel
c)
Vizual
26.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
realise
b)
reelize
c)
realize
27.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
create
b)
kreate
c)
creeight
28.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
ryot
b)
riot
c)
rhyot
29.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
jenuine
b)
genuin
c)
genuine
30.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
area
b)
airea
c)
aria
31.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
anuel
b)
annual
c)
anual
32.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
audio
b)
awdeo
c)
audeo
33.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
diel
b)
diall
c)
dial
34.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
theetar
b)
theater
c)
theeter
35.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
influence
b)
inflewance
c)
inflewense
36.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
medea
b)
media
c)
meedia
37.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
appreciate
b)
apreshiate
c)
appreshiate
38.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
society
b)
sosyity
c)
sociaty
39.
Choose the correct spelling of the word.
a)
prier
b)
prior
c)
pryor
40.
What does the word dexterity mean?
a)
give support for someone's effort or plans
b)
helped
c)
having no hands
d)
skill using hands
41.
How does the author show that Thomas Forten was skilled and hard-working?
a)
he supported abolition and believed in educating African-Americans
b)
Had several jobs to accomplish his goals
c)
it was not mentioned
d)
he was a good worker; purchased his wife's freedom
42.
Why does the author give information about Quaker Anthony Benezet?
a)
Describe the people that James Forten knew
b)
Was the captain of the ship used to take Slaves to the West-Indies
c)
He was James Forten's Grandfather
d)
He supported abolition and believed in educating African Americans to help them play meaningful roles in the colonies
43.
What does the author mean when he writes that the black soldiers seemed taller and blacker than any men James had ever seen?
a)
It was the first time James seen black people
b)
It was odd for African American people to wear clean clothes where people could see them
c)
They showed great pride and strength
d)
They showed weakness and lack of pride
44.
Why does James Forten have reasons to be terrified when he is captured?
a)
There was a constant threat of being shot
b)
There was a constant threat of free African Americans being captured and forced into enslavement
c)
He was afraid to swim and didn't want to drown
d)
There was no reason to be terrified
45.
Why did the author give so much detail about conditions on the prison ship?
a)
The author wanted to show how happy the prisoners were
b)
The author wanted to create a nice picture for the reader
c)
To give a clear idea of what James and the other colonial prisoners endured
d)
The information the author gave was not true
46.
How did James's friendship with Beasley's son help him
a)
Beasley's son kept James from being placed on the slave ship bound for the West Indies
b)
His friendship placed James on the prison ship
c)
Beasley's son did not help James
d)
James did not form a relationship with his son
47.
Why did the author choose to tell Jame's Forten's story even though he didn't believe Forten was a hero?
a)
The author wanted to show how luck will get you through
b)
The author wanted to show that African Americans had very little importance in American history
c)
Forten shows how ordinary people could make important contributions to American history, and how African Americans helped create the United States
d)
The author wanted to show how weak James was
48.
On page 356, what does bondage mean?
a)
acceptance
b)
enagaged
c)
in slavery
d)
uncertain
49.
On page 362, what does the word apprentice mean?
a)
someone who is hard worker
b)
someone who works with a master to learn a trade
c)
someone who influence others
d)
somebody who has a huge contribution
50.
What is the genre of the story 'James Forten' from Now is Your Time
a)
Biography
b)
Informational Text
c)
Narrative Nonfiction
d)
Autobiography
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