WorksheetsBlood on the River Chapters 1-9 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why does Samuel get sent to an orphanage to live?
He choose to live in a poorhouse.
His parents abandoned him.
He was caught stealing an d living on the streets.
Reverend Hunt invited him to live there.
Why is Samuel going on the journey to the New World?
He volunteered to go.
He was too violent living in the orphanage.
He knows how to read.
Captain Smith felt he'd be a hard worker.
Why does Samuel have know interest in learning from anyone?
He doesn't think he's smart enough.
He thinks he already knows enough.
He thinks learning means getting beaten.
He figures he will get rich in the New World so he doesn't need to learn anything new.
Why is Captain Smith angry there are so many gentlemen aboard their ships?
He thinks they will still all the gold in the New World.
He doesn't like how they treat Samuel.
He wants everyone to work equally.
He does like how they treat him.
Why does Samuel feel the dogs, cats, chickens, and rats better off than him on the ship.
They get more food.
They can about the ship freely.
They get to sleep with the gentlemen.
They have larger beds.
Why does Master Wingfield want to get revenge on Captain Smith?
He thinks he stole his food.
Captain Smith punched him.
Captain Smith called him a coward.
Captain Smith was made the leader.
How did Samuel’s peasant mother learn to read?
She learned from Reverend Hunt.
Her parents taught her.
Her husband taught her.
A gentleman's son taught her.
Why was Captain Smith freed from the chains?
They need him to translate with the native people.
He proved Master Wingfield was lying.
Both A and D are correct.
The Virginia Company named him as one of the leaders.
Why does Captain Smith encourage trade with the native people instead of war?
He is afraid of the native people.
He wants to trick them.
They are outnumbered.
He thinks he can learn from them.
How does Samuel extend kindness to James?
He shares his food with him.
He doesn’t mock him when he has a dumb idea.
He helps him build a shelter.
He says good things to Captain Smith about him.
Have the bosun ready the longboat. Bosun means...
The judge in a police court.
Large and sturdy.
Quietly or privately.
Slang for a boatswain who is petty officer on a boat in charge of rigging, anchors, and cables.
Richard eyed me warily. Warily means...
Quietly or privately.
To accommodate.
Distrustful
Arrogant
We must build a palisade to protect the settlement. Palisade means...
Rushing downpour of rain.
A wax made fro m the fatty tissue of animals.
Clear and transparent.
A fence of used as an enclosure for protection or defense.
I escaped the gallows - that is why I am lucky. Gallows means...
Barren and uninhabited.
Large and sturdy.
A wooden platform that is used to execute by hanging.
Attach and anchor.
Captain Smith puts a quick stop to Richard’s gloating. Gloating means...
To act with a great smugness of satisfaction.
Excessively doubt.
Quietly or privately.
Easily fooled.
We are in shallow water now, and the sea is a translucent blue. Translucent means...
Large and sturdy.
Clear and transparent.
Lacking very little variety.
Swarming
The smallest ship, a pinnace, is called the Discovery. Pinnace means...
A farmer who works his own land.
A wax made from the fatty tissue of animals.
A small sailing ship, usually used alongside a larger ship.
Disease causing death in plant tissues.
Master Wingfield gives Captain Smith a disdainful look. Disdainful means...
To give a look of contempt.
Arrogant
Poor, uneducated person(s).
Quietly or privately.
I don’t argue with Reverend Hunt, but inside I scoff at the idea that I will learn from Captain Smith. Scoff means...
Clear and transparent.
Quietly or privately.
Excessively doubt.
Lacking very little variety.
The sea is teeming with fish and the trees are full of fruit in Nevis. Teeming means...
A. Swarming
C. Lacking very little variety.
D. To die.
B. Easily fooled.
